Why is Python popular, while Lisp and Scheme aren't?

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Hudson wrote:

> I think the d in cdr stands (stood) for decrement, not data.  But the
> web seems confused on the issue.  It just means "second half of cons
> cell" to me...


I gather there were also two 3-bit fields interspringled
with those, and Lisp originally had functions for accessing
those, too...

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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
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