An important feature of Lisp for AI applications is the ability to construct new symbolic structures of arbitrary size and complexity at runtime.

A new list structure with a fixed number of elements can be made using the function LIST. To make a list of items x₁ ... x_n, use the form:

(LIST x₁ ... x_n)

Each argument of LIST is evaluated unless it is quoted.

(LIST 'X 'Y 'Z)  =  (X Y Z)

(LIST (+ 2 3) (* 2 3))  =  (5 6)

(SETQ MAN 'ADAM)
(SETQ WOMAN 'EVE)
(LIST MAN 'LOVES WOMAN) = (ADAM LOVES EVE)

(LIST (LIST 'A 'B) (LIST 'C 'D))
                   =  ((A B) (C D))

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