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Predicates
Scheme procedures that return boolean values are often called predicates. By convention (but not necessity), predicate names typically end in a question mark:
guile> (define (less-than-ten? x) (< x 10)) guile> (less-than-ten? 9) #t guile> (less-than-ten? 15) #f