> Lisps use Macros IF is a built-in special operator in Common Lisp. COND is a macro, which expands into IF forms. > (if (> x 1) '(print 'larger)) Stuff like

> Lisps use Macros IF is a built-in special operator in Common Lisp. COND is a macro, which expands into IF forms. > (if (> x 1) '(print 'larger)) Stuff like this would not really work Common Lisp for the following code example: (let ((x 1)) (if (> x 1) '(print x))) The evaluator would not know that the X in the print form refers to the lexically bound X from the LET form.