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"David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org> wrote in message
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> (progn (goto-line line) (goto-line line))
>
> would be a valid form.
>
> ((goto-line line) (goto-line line))
>
> isn't, and because of the first function call in it which is used as
> if it were a function.

Thank you, David. That was very informative. Much more than progn
description.