Note: use compiled code as disk format; IDs expanded to text as needed

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The disk format is compiled -- turned to text on edit ... [p. 1999-09-24] Compiler == syntax tree as stored format. ... [p. 1999-09-25] Anything that's an ID is stored as ID and expanded on demand. ... Given just ID sequence and brackets -> syntax tree. ... [p. 1999-10-24] The intent here is no reduction in meaning i.e., executable is definition   Google-1   Google-2

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Note: if the disk format is complied code, definition and executable are the same; no reduction in meaning

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