See also this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5830571/why-did-father-of-clojure-say-that-schemes-true-false-are-broken https://stackoverflow.com/q

See also this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5830571/why-did-father-of-clojure-say-that-schemes-true-false-are-broken https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5830571/why-did-father-o... Which leads to this link: https://groups.google.com/g/clojure/c/OnagUrQZ1NE/m/Uwm8fvakuTQJ https://groups.google.com/g/clojure/c/OnagUrQZ1NE/m/Uwm8fvak... Where Rich comments on the thinking behind this. Also see https://clojure.org/reference/lisps https://clojure.org/reference/lisps , which compares Clojure with other Lisp dialects on this and other points