What makes Common Lisp “big”? [closed]

Closed 8 years ago.

Is R6RS backwards compatible with R5RS?

Is the new Scheme standard, R6RS which was published in 2007, backwards compatible with the older standard R5RS? If not, is there a compatibility mode in R6RS?

Is R6RS backwards compatible with R5RS?

Is the new Scheme standard, R6RS which was published in 2007, backwards compatible with the older standard R5RS? If not, is there a compatibility mode in R6RS?

Is R6RS backwards compatible with R5RS?

Is the new Scheme standard, R6RS which was published in 2007, backwards compatible with the older standard R5RS? If not, is there a compatibility mode in R6RS?

Is R6RS backwards compatible with R5RS?

Is the new Scheme standard, R6RS which was published in 2007, backwards compatible with the older standard R5RS? If not, is there a compatibility mode in R6RS?

Obscurity of Lisp in collaborative projects [closed]

Closed 10 years ago.

Why it is `(cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil)))` and not `(cons 3 (cons 2 (cons 1 nil)))` for [1,2,3]?

Is there any special reason that to construct list in Scheme you use

Why it is `(cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil)))` and not `(cons 3 (cons 2 (cons 1 nil)))` for [1,2,3]?

Is there any special reason that to construct list in Scheme you use

Why it is `(cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil)))` and not `(cons 3 (cons 2 (cons 1 nil)))` for [1,2,3]?

Is there any special reason that to construct list in Scheme you use

Why does DrRacket IDE considers some identifiers as “symbols” and some as “keywords”? What is the difference?

Why does DrRacket (kind of Scheme) IDE highlights some of the identifiers as “keywords” (for example define, lambda, send*), and the others as “symbols” (user defined identifiers, +, -, abs, send, send+, etc.)?