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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: Values and objects
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Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>:

> On Saturday, May 10, 2014 2:39:31 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> 
>> Personally, I don't imagine that there ever could be a language where
>> variables were first class values *exactly* the same as ints,
>> strings, floats etc.
>
> [...]
>
> What you mean by *exactly* the same mean, I am not sure...

Lisp variables (symbols) are on an equal footing with other objects.
IOW, lisp variables are objects in the heap.


Marko