Program Structure of Common LISP

• Programs are organized as forms and functions. Forms are evaluated and functions are invoked.The standard unit of interaction with common LISP implementation is the form, which is simply a data object meant to be evaluated as a program to produce one or more values. Forms may be divided into three categories: self-evaluating forms such as numbers, symbols that can stand for variables, and lists.

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