[plt-scheme] Any reason to use quote rather than quasiquote

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Tue Mar 2 15:41:21 EST 2004

On Mar  2, ifconfig wrote:
> Is there any reason to use 'quote rather than `quasiquote?
> Does it run more efficiently? Is it treated differently? Or is it simply for
> reducing the chance of an error?

Just try it:

  > (syntax-object->datum (expand-once '(quasiquote (1 2 3))))
  (quote (1 2 3))

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