[plt-scheme] Newbie question about Lisp

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On 4/22/07, Greg Akins <angrygreg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have question about Lisp (Common Lisp, not Scheme).
>
> Does anyone object to me asking here?  If so, can someone recommend a
> better list.
>
> I looked into comp.lang.lisp, but it appeared to have a lot of
> traffic, and not many newcomers.
>
> The questions is :
>
> Why the "." in evaluating (cons 1 2)
>
> returns (1 . 2)
>
> But (list 1 2)
> returns (1 2)
>
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