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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>open</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="op.html" title="op"/><link rel="next" href="open-source.html" title="open source"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">open</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="op.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="open-source.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="open"/><dt xmlns="" id="open"><b>open</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Abbreviation for &#8216;open (or left) parenthesis&#8217; &#8212;
used when necessary to eliminate oral ambiguity. To read aloud the LISP
form (DEFUN FOO (X) (PLUS X 1)) one might say: &#8220;<span class="quote">Open defun foo, open
eks close, open, plus eks one, close close.</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="op.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="open-source.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">op </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> open source</td></tr></table></div></body></html>