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hAVE YOU NOT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT "LISP IS" ABOUT? yES, METAPROGRAMMING. wHAT ELSE? sYMBOLICS PROGRAMMING. wHAT IS SYMBOLICS PROGRAMMING? pROGRAMMING CONCERNING SYMBOLS. sYMBOLS ARE FUNDAMENTAL IN LISP. iN SORT, YOUR CODE BECOMES A COLLECTION OF SYMBOLS WHOSE MEANING/CONTEXT IS LEFT TO UNDERSTAND WITH MEANS OTHER THAN SEMANTIC. hOW? cONTEXT WILL TELL YOU, YOUR EDITOR WILL TELL YOU, THE SYMBOL NAME WILL TELL YOU, INDENTATION/PLACE IN THE SEXP WILL TELL YOU (CONSISTENCY IN STYLE IS IMPORTANT). yOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THE FREEDOMS OF THIS, BUT EVERY SYMBOL IN YOUR PROGRAM COULD HAVE ARBITRARY MEANINGS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE LANGUAGE - YOU CAN MODIFY ANYTHING.