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    2.3. Basic Lisp Etiquette

    The way commands are called and the way code is formatted in Lisp is somewhat strange compared with other languages. First of all, you need to surround the command (and its arguments) with parentheses, as with the defparameter function:

    > (defparameter *small* 1)
*SMALL*


      

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