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Yes, as implemented with pairs, syntactically with parens.

None, except vectors and maps (and sets and regexs and ...) being syntactically first class, and being used heavily, not just in special form syntax but in real use. For a whole lot of programming, maps are where it's at for your data structures.

True, these shouldn't be unfamiliar to a CL programmer (although the pervasive use of maps might well be, don't remember how much association lists and properly lists were used).

As someone who adopted the mostly functional Scheme style I don't find the enforced immutability a bigger difference, but I could well see that being true for CL programmers. And for many/some? the bias against OO vs. CL's CLOS, which many claim is the very best OO system ever (as far as I know the only popular one with a MOP).



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