Difference between ' and : symbols

From: "jonathon" <j_mckitrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 7 Jul 2005 13:22:38 -0700

I've noticed that with ASDF there are 2 ways of referring to a system.
Some use the single quote for the name, others use the colon before the
symbol. Both seem to work.

What is the difference? Isn't a symbol evaluated to itself, while a
single-quoted value is evaluated to that value?

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