A simple example of homoiconicity: (+ 1 2) is a list containing the 'plus' symbol the number 1 and the number 2. (+ 1 2) is a program which when ran gives the

A simple example of homoiconicity: (+ 1 2) is a list containing the 'plus' symbol the number 1 and the number 2. (+ 1 2) is a program which when ran gives the number 3 as the result. They are the exact same thing.