In terms of structural equality,
Why would (equal? (list 'a 'b)) evaluate to true but (equal? (list 2 'b) '(2 'b)) evaulates to false?
In terms of structural equality,
Why would (equal? (list 'a 'b)) evaluate to true but (equal? (list 2 'b) '(2 'b)) evaulates to false?
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'(2 'b)is equivalent to(list 2 (list 'quote 'b))- a list whose first element is a number and whose second element is another list.It does not compare equal to
(list 2 'b)because(list 2 'b)'s second element is a symbol and symbols are not considered equal to lists.