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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:49:19 +0200, Matthias Pfeifer <pfemat@web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What is the difference between
>
> (list 0 nil -1)
>
> and
>
> '(0 nil -1)

In Common Lisp (list 0 nil -1) is required to 'cons' a new list every
time it is called.  Quoting the list as in '(0 nil -1) is not required
to build a new list.  In fact, in compiled code it may reuse the same
static object over and over again.