Lisp Forms

A form is a list whose first element is a symbol that names an operator.

If the first element names a function, then the form is a functional form.

> (+ 1 2 3) ; a functional form

6

> (functionp #’+)

T

> (setq x 5) ; a special form

5

> (functionp #’setq) ;

Error!

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