;; short version ; note: once you use one inline colon, all the following forms on that ; line will get closed at the end of the line (define (factorial n) (if (zero? n) 1 (* n (factorial (- n 1))))) (display (factorial 5 )) ;; more vertical space, less colons (define (factorial n) (if (zero? n) 1 (* n (factorial (- n 1))))) (display (factorial 5 ))