Re: UT_Pair car and cdr

[Diego Sueiro]

--- Patrick Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > isn't car and cdr in practice head and tail?
> 
> If you have a list.  Not if you have a tree.
> 
> pat
> 

AFAIK Common-Lisp has newer aliases for car and cdr,
first and rest, which seem to be more appropiate IMHO.

Diego


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