1 Introduction

Chapter 1
Introduction

1.1 Purpose
1.2 Notational Conventions
  1.2.1 Decimal Numbers
  1.2.2 Nil, False, and the Empty List
  1.2.3 Evaluation, Expansion, and Equivalence
  1.2.4 Errors
  1.2.5 Descriptions of Functions and Other Entities
  1.2.6 The Lisp Reader
  1.2.7 Overview of Syntax

Common Lisp is a new dialect of Lisp, a successor to MacLisp [33, 37], inﬂuenced strongly by Zetalisp [55, 34] and to some extent by Scheme [46] and Interlisp [50].

Chapter 1Introduction

Chapter 1
Introduction