Re: Paul Graham's Arc is released today... what is the long term impact?

are <Proponent@xxxxxxx> writes:

3. Names of built-in functions in Arc have been made more consistent
and generally shorter.

Arc's "acons" returns true if its argument is a cons.

What should "atom" return?

Zach
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