Re: (NIL) vs Nothing

2017-02-01 Thread Alexander Burger
He Dean, > I've "proved" that a let statement's result is visible ANYWHERE within it's > bounding parens but not outside of them and That's right. However, the term "a let statement's result" means something different. (let A 3 (* A 4) ) This 'let' statement has the *result* 12. Th

Re: (NIL) vs Nothing

2017-02-01 Thread dean
Thank you for your insight that contradicts and clarifies numerous of my misconceptions. That's exactly what I needed. Best Regards Dean On 1 February 2017 at 08:20, Alexander Burger wrote: > He Dean, > > > I've "proved" that a let statement's result is visible ANYWHERE within > it's > > boundi

Re: a bunch of questions about syntax

2017-02-01 Thread pd
thanks for your answers, Alex On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Alexander Burger wrote: > > > >(if (testSomething) (doSomething1) (doSomething2) (doSomething3)) > > ... > > but this also means the only way to indicate several executable > expressions > > in the "then-clause" is to surround th