dillog@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm reading some pages that explain macro :
> "http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/lisp/intro.txt"
> It says:
> `(lambda ,(cdr (cons 'a 'b)) ,@(cdr (cons 'a 'b)))
> --> (lambda (b) b)

> but when I try it on several versions of scheme and clisp, it give a
> different result, or gives an error.
> I mostly get:
> `(lambda ,(cdr (cons 'a 'b)) ,@(cdr (cons 'a 'b)))
> -->  (lambda b . b)

> `(lambda ,(cdr (list 'a 'b)) ,@(cdr (list 'a 'b)))
> --> (lambda (b) b)

> There must be some miscommunication, or some history here.