You do not need to implement comma or backquote, despite what the original spec says. (I will take it out of the spec as soon as I get a chance.) If you have already implemented it, hopefully you realized that it's just two lines of code ;). But feel free not to mention it in your design doc or implementation! New spec coming soon! Sorry about this.. my mistake. UPDATE: The spec has been updated. You can pull down a new copy of the pdf if it makes you feel better. The lexer has also been programmed to ignore backquote and comma, so you can either feel free to grab a new copy of it, or just leave your current one. We won't test your code for comma or backquote, so you can ignore those symbols. -Thomas