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Why does apply evaluate to itself instead of (lit prim apply)?
by orthoxerox 7y ago
Why does apply evaluate to itself instead of (lit prim apply)?
- pg 7y agoBecause it's not a primitive. It's handled by a special case in the interpreter, (= f apply) (applyf (car args) (reduce join (cdr args)) a s r m) rather than being something whose behavior you have to assume.