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<B>SYMBOLIC</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>command</B><P>
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The <em>symbolic</em> command changes REDUCE's mode of operation to symbolic. 
When <em>symbolic</em> is followed by an expression, that expression is 
evaluated in symbolic mode, but REDUCE's mode is not changed. It is 
equivalent to the 
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symbolic; 

  NIL 


cdr '(a b c); 

  (B C) 


algebraic; 

x + symbolic car '(y z); 

  X + Y

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