Car and cdr (Re: Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme)

[Avi Blackmore]

"Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)" <g2h5dqi002 at sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:<bmd2js$l3vkg$1 at ID-169208.news.uni-berlin.de>...

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> 
>  From that point of view, "car" and "cdr" are as good
> as anything!

    Better in one sense, I think.  With "first" and "rest", you can't
have fun making bumper stickers that say "My other car is a cdr."

Avi Blackmore