Kawa also supports #|...|# comments. In fact that's its default prompt: #|kawa:1|# (define xx #|(---:2|# 20) #|kawa:3|# Using a comment as a prompt allows cutting and pasting of multiple lines. (Assuming there is no output intermingled.) Also of course Common Lisp has #|...|#. -- --Per Bothner per@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bothner.com/per/