"Paul Fuller" <pgf### [at] optusnetcomau> wrote in message
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> Invisible wrote:
> >> Perhaps you have not been subjected to LISP Gail.  (Apologies in
> >> advance if you have).
> >>
> >> Two of the fundamental operations are taking the head item of a list
> >> using CAR and taking the remainder of the list using CDR.
> >
> > In Haskell, we just call these "head" and "tail"... ;-)
> >
> Well that's just crazy :)
>
> Actually some LISP implementations have 'first' and 'rest' for the same
> reason - to make it easy for chardonnay quaffing pinko tree-hugging
> clueless newbs who wouldn't recognise an assembly mnemonic without it
> being colour syntax highlighted in 24-point consolas font and given
> bubble help.

Hey. Don't be insulting...



*grin*

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