Subject: Re: [OT] Etymology of cons
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:53:16 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <pqWdnbnSqMpBVlnVnZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Kaz Kylheku  <kkylheku@gmail.com> wrote:
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| Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick@gmail.com> wrote:
| > Ah, thanks! Well it's definitely a verb then.
| 
| It's also definitely a noun. ``The list (1 2 3) has three conses.''
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It's *both*, of course!! ;-}

   ;; Note: Each call to FOO conses three conses.
   (DEFUN FOO ()
     (LIST 1 2 3))


-Rob

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