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2 points by akkartik 4555 days ago | link | parent

The basic output primitives in arc are write vs disp.

  arc> (write "a")
  "a"
  arc> (disp "a")
  a
These mirror racket's write vs display.

write corresponds to read; its output is meant to be read back in by arc. Hence the quotes.

writefile is just a wrapper around write.