# let

`(let ((NAME EXPRESSION) ...) EXPRESSION)`
The `let` expression is similar to the `letrec` expression, except that the scope of the bindings is different. Like `letrec`, the body expression may refer to the bindings created by the `let`. However, the binding expressions (those on the right-hand sides) may not refer to these bindings. To illustrate this, consider the following expressions (and its result):

    (define a 3)
    (let ((a 16)
          (b a))
      (+ b a))
    19

In other words, `b`'s reference to `a` is bound to the top-level `a`, rather than the inner one.

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