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3.1.2.13 Examples of Self-Evaluating Objects

Numbers, pathnames, and arrays are examples of self-evaluating objects.

 3 ⇒  3
 #c(2/3 5/8) ⇒  #C(2/3 5/8)
 #p"S:[BILL]OTHELLO.TXT" ⇒  #P"S:[BILL]OTHELLO.TXT"
 #(a b c) ⇒  #(A B C)
 "fred smith" ⇒  "fred smith"