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PicoLisp is quite different from other Lisps. The main reason is its focus on
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data. PicoLisp has one single internal data type: The "cell". On the language
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level it has only three data types: Numbers, symbols and cons pairs. They are
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all built from cells. What may sound like a restriction is actually a big
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advantage. The simple internal structure results in high start-up and execution
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speeds. Cells can be manipulated freely in any conceivable way, giving full
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control to the programmer.
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