Explicit Application of Functions

In Lisp, functions are “first class (Lisp) objects” and can be manipulated as data, e.g., passed as arguments to other functions.

They can be explicitly (as well as implicitly) applied.

; Implicit application of +

> (+ 1 2 3)

6

; Explicit application of +

> (apply (function +) (list 1 2 3))

6

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