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		DNied on March 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Not Lisp again (2009) The syntax of those defines sure looks weird. In what dialect does the name of the function being defined appear as the CAR of a list, followed by the parameters?

rvense on March 1, 2021 | [–]

In Scheme,

    (define (foo bar) ...)

is equivalent to

    (define foo (lambda (bar) ...))

mschaef on March 1, 2021 | [–]

Scheme

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