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lisp question
From: |
Hadron |
Subject: |
lisp question |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:14:17 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.99 (gnu/linux) |
from the lisp tutorial which comes with emacs 22:
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| 1.8.3 Variable Number of Arguments
| ----------------------------------
|
| Some functions, such as `concat', `+' or `*', take any number of
| arguments. (The `*' is the symbol for multiplication.) This can be
| seen by evaluating each of the following expressions in the usual way.
| What you will see in the echo area is printed in this text after `=>',
| which you may read as `evaluates to'.
|
| In the first set, the functions have no arguments:
|
| (+) => 0
|
| (*) => 1
|
| In this set, the functions have one argument each:
|
| (+ 3) => 3
|
| (* 3) => 3
|
| In this set, the functions have three arguments each:
|
| (+ 3 4 5) => 12
|
| (* 3 4 5) => 60
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It kind of glosses over sections (1) and (2).
Why do (*) and (* 3) evaluate to 1?