Lambda in parameters
Grant Edwards
grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 11:35:31 EST 2020
On 2020-12-18, Barry <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>> Implement car and cdr.
> Why car and cdr?
>
> Well obviously car is content of the address register and cdr is content of data register.
> Apparently an artefact of a early implementation of lisp.
While car and cdr are lisp operators, the "content of address
register" and "content of data register" etymology is apparently
apocryphal:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR_and_CDR#Etymology
--
Grant
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