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> that doesn't seem very true, either

Strictly, it isn't. The point isn't that there's no syntax, though; it's that there's very little syntax, compared to other languages (consider C++'s… what, 17 operator precedence levels? And the Turing-complete parser?).

The comma in ',var' and '((x 7))' are examples of Common Lisp's built-in syntax. The former is part of a shorthand notation[1] for injecting literal code into templates. The latter is part of the syntax of LET[2].

[1] http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/02_df....

[2] http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/03_aba...



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