Literal Expressions - MIT/GNU Scheme 7.7.90+
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#### 1.4.1 Literal Expressions

Literal constants may be written by using an external representation of the data. In general, the external representation must be quoted (see Quoting); but some external representations can be used without quotation.

         "abc"                                   =>  "abc"
         145932                                  =>  145932
         #t                                      =>  #t
         #\a                                     =>  #\a

The external representation of numeric constants, string constants, character constants, and boolean constants evaluate to the constants themselves. Symbols, pairs, lists, and vectors require quoting.