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1.1 Lisp Lists

In Lisp, a list looks like this: '(rose violet daisy buttercup). This list is preceded by a single apostrophe. It could just as well be written as follows, which looks more like the kind of list you are likely to be familiar with:

'(rose
  violet
  daisy
  buttercup)

The elements of this list are the names of the four different flowers, separated from each other by whitespace and surrounded by parentheses, like flowers in a field with a stone wall around them.

• Numbers Lists: List have numbers, other lists, in them.
• Lisp Atoms: Elemental entities.
• Whitespace in Lists: Formating lists to be readable.
• Typing Lists: How GNU Emacs helps you type lists.