RE: UT_Pair car and cdr

[Sean R. Bright]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Nordell
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 7:55 PM
> To: AbiWord-dev
> Subject: Re: UT_Pair car and cdr
>
>
> Patrick Lam wrote:
> [Mike informing of the C++ way]

...

> "car" and "cdr". These TLAs has absolutely no meaning in C++,
> not to mention
> the fact that they are *completely wrong* to use in a "pair".

I beg to differ.  A cons in Lisp is effectively a linked list node and
therefore "car" points to the first element and "cdr" points to the second
element.  The fact that the second element in the node is a list is
irrelevant.

Just wanted to sound smart, carry on :)

Sean