Why does (atom? "cat") return #t in Chez?

Why does (atom? "cat") return #t in Chez? https://diode.zone/videos/watch/5acc49c4-8e50-46e8-aa04-0bba4f24f3ff Episode 0009 of Will's Guide to Programming Languages, Programming, Computation, and What-Have-You. Will revisits his surprise that (atom? "cat") returns #t in Chez Scheme, as seen in Episode 0007, and tries to get to the bottom of it. Previous episode: R6RS Scheme Report Training Arc, Part 1, Next episode: R6RS Scheme Report Training Arc, Part 2, page 1., https://www.r6rs.org/ ======================================== Original video: https://youtu.be/TH-qwu69ikg, Originally published: 2024-01-29 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:49:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diode.zone Why does (atom? "cat") return #t in Chez? https://diode.zone/lazy-static/avatars/61b689b7-84d5-43c7-9fa8-e63a7fd1d952.png https://diode.zone/videos/watch/5acc49c4-8e50-46e8-aa04-0bba4f24f3ff All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diode.zone/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.