> COND and IF/ELSE are very closely related In earlier Lisp COND was the primitive and IF was a macro expanding into COND. In newer Lisp it's IF which is the p

> COND and IF/ELSE are very closely related In earlier Lisp COND was the primitive and IF was a macro expanding into COND. In newer Lisp it's IF which is the primitive and COND which is the macro.