[Pd] Infernal symbols

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 8/6/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> Chuckk Hubbard hat gesagt: // Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>
> > I got it.
> >
> > [sonofa(
> > |
> > [symbol]
> > |
> > [add $1]
> >
> > I won't ask why, because I won't understand any more than last time I read
> > it.
>
> Let me try a longer explanation anyways. You may think, that [sonofa(
> is a symbol-message, however it isn't. As Moritz wrote [symbol sonofa(
> would be a symbol message that [add $1( can deal with correctly.

Wow, thanks, this does make sense now.
I still don't grasp why and when Pd seems to arbitrarily insert the
word "symbol" or "list" instead of treating the symbol as a
meta-message...