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

[Pascal Costanza]

Hartmann Schaffer wrote:

 > In article <bmgh32$1a32$1 at f1node01.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>,
 >     Pascal Costanza <costanza at web.de> writes:
 >
 >> ...
 >> I think that's the essential point here. The advantage of the names 
car and cdr is that they _don't_ mean anything specific.
 >
 >
 >
 > gdee, you should read early lisp history ;-).  car and cdr ha[d|ve] a
 > very specific meaning


Yes, but noone (noone at all) refers to that meaning anymore. It's a 
historical accident that doesn't really matter anymore when developing code.


Pascal