Re: Appending lists

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

Jean Louis wrote:

> When there is elephant in front of me, and there was one,
> then somebody comes across and says, ah, that is not really
> an elephant in front of you, it's really nothing more than
> a reference to a bunch of walking meat and bones... then
> there is nothing useful about it. I have to run anyway, or
> pee myself.
>
> Or, maybe it would be good changing the Elisp manuals where
> you can place the statements like: "the value held in
> variable `x' is not a list of 3 elements where by: (let ((x
> (list 1 2 3))) x) ⇒ (1 2 3) is not what you see... (irony)
>
> If you wish to go deep, go even deeper and talk how there is
> no cdr and car, no cons, and no Lisp, as all we are talking
> about is about turning it on and turning it off, you see?
> There are actually no lists at all, there is no Lisp, no
> C programming, as in the reality there is something else, it
> is just our consideration... go even deeper and demand from
> Emacs Lisp programmer to understand the quantum physics as
> in reality, well, there is no matter at all... as what you
> see is not really there... go back to the Big Bang, but that
> is not Emacs Lisp context.
>
> Emacs Lisp programmer is high level programmer who enjoys
> the straight practical language. That is quite
> a different context.
>
> The value bound to variable `x' makes the variable have that
> value. As simple as that.

It isn't deep, it is the basic. Try to understand instead of
arguing. References to elephants and Big Bang won't
change anything.

Uhm ...

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