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

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On Dec 3, 2018, at 0:44, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> 
> 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?

If it were we would not have this exchange, would we?

>> Although, I'm a bit confused. Do you mean "first cons cell" ?
> 
> Yes, "cons" is often used as abbreviation of "cons cell".

Thank you.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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