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Sharlintoday at 8:31 AM1 replyview on HN

As a total aside, the names `car` and `cdr` for "head" and "tail" are honestly some of the most baffling historical relics in all of computing.


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MiroslavPokornytoday at 8:38 AM

What i dont understand is why does everything have to be so brief. Take car and cdr there is only one character difference, more character differences is a good thing not bad.

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