Binding and assignment



[Robert Dodier <robert_dodier@yahoo.com>, Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:06:30 -0800 (PST)]:
> In Maxima, is there a distinction between binding and assignment?

I think that : is assignment, and block and lambda establish a
bindings.  At least that is how I think about it.  (And buildq also
does some kind of binding.)

Regards,

Albert.