You don't have to be an expert, but knowing the basics of Lisp helps. The full definition of the example "ntpd" service is clear to read. > the actual guile sc

You don't have to be an expert, but knowing the basics of Lisp helps. The full definition of the example "ntpd" service is clear to read. > the actual guile scheme documentation didn't seem to explain that syntax at all It does, here: https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Expression-Syntax.html#index-quote https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Expressi... It's a basic concept of Lisp. Everything is evaluated, unless quoted. Code is data is code!