[plt-scheme] Why isn't the car of a list of symbols a symbol?

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Brent Saunders
<bsaunders at otxresearch.com>wrote:

> This doesn't make sense.
>
> > (define foo '('yes 'no))
> > (symbol? (first foo))
> #f
>
>
You have an extra quote on yes & no and that's why you have #f.

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> (symbol? 'yes)
#t
> (symbol? ''yes)
#f
>
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