Re: Very poor Lisp performance

Ulrich Hobelmann wrote:
> Hm, dunno. Quote is for creating Lisp values (lists etc.). If you
> don't quote, the list you write is evaluated.
>
> In Lisp macros, I think you need quote, so you can create symbols like
> IF, FUNCALL and others (literal function or variable names), because
> without quote they'd be evaluated right away.

Right. I think that's exactly the same as "Hold" in Mathematica.

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