Re: using setq to create lists based on other lists...

[Michael Heerdegen]

Jean-Christophe Helary <brandelune@gmail.com> writes:

> > On Dec 2, 2018, at 23:40, Michael Heerdegen
> > <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> > 
> > Apart from that, note that a list is identical to its first cons.
>
> I wish "Lists and Cons Cells" had something as plainly written as
> that.

"It says "Lists in Lisp are not a primitive data type; they are built up
from “cons cells”".  Doesn't that imply what I wrote?

> Although, I'm a bit confused. Do you mean "first cons cell" ?

Yes, "cons" is often used as abbreviation of "cons cell".


Michael.