From: Mike Chu
Subject: HELP!!
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <36CCFD67.CEDC56FC@hotmail.com>

and by the way, is the statement " (atom (car L)" means that we get the
first item from list L?  or try getting the bracket from the first
item??  Please somebody answer it for me, thankx!!!

From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: HELP!!
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <Y6hz2.90$QE2.22705@burlma1-snr1.gtei.net>

In article <·················@hotmail.com>,
Mike Chu  <······@hotmail.com> wrote:
>and by the way, is the statement " (atom (car L)" means that we get the
>first item from list L?  or try getting the bracket from the first
>item??  Please somebody answer it for me, thankx!!!

It means you get the first element of the list L, and then test whether
it's an atom.

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