From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pankaj Jangid Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Elisp - quoting or not? 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But that's just a matter of > taste). I too prefer the (list ab cd) approach. backquote and comma means there is quoting but with exceptions. In this case first two are cons cells and last one is a list. But true, it /is/ a matter of taste.