lists should have some semantic value

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 ## lists
-a list is a special type of noun. they contain any amount of nouns in a specific order, including lists themselves. certain operators expect lists as operands. if a nonlist is passed to these operators, then the operand is treated as a list with that noun as its only element. lists can be composed with the `,` operator. it is similar to a "cons" operation. it appends the first operand to the second operand, which is assumed to be a list.
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-lists exist unconditionally. there is only one instance of a given list. lists are not the same thing as anything else and they cannot cause anything to happen.
+a list is a special type of noun. they contain any amount of nouns in a specific order, including lists themselves. certain operators expect lists as operands. if a nonlist is passed to these operators, then the operand is treated as a list with that noun as its only element. lists can be composed with the `,` operator. it is similar to a "cons" operation. it appends the first operand to the second operand, which is assumed to be a list. lists exist unconditionally.
 
 ## operator side-effects
 some operators have **side-effects** which means that