From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Setting up abbrev
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 22:37:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yug5fbdkHGDqrLkM@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ilnbbye3.fsf@dataswamp.org>
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On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 08:40:36PM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> tomas wrote:
>
> >> Only a pair is a list as well ...
> >
> > But only in very restricted circumstances: when the pair's
> > cdr is nil, i.e. when it is an one-element list.
> >
> > Otherwise it's an improper list...
> >
> > Unless, of course, you consider the list's head as "the
> > list", in a pars pro toto way: then, a list is a pair whose
> > cdr is a list.
>
> A pair is a list with two elements.
Dunno. In Lisp, there's no technical term "pair". In Scheme,
a "pair" is what Lisp calls a "cons" or a "cons pair", and
this is not a list. Just a building block for lists.
If you want to invent your own terminology, you're welcome,
but communication becomes cumbersome :)
Cheers
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2022-07-31 12:23 Setting up abbrev wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-31 13:08 ` Jean Louis
2022-08-01 3:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 6:04 ` Jean Louis
2022-08-01 7:42 ` Emanuel Berg
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2022-07-31 15:35 ` wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-07-31 16:40 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-08-01 6:21 ` Jean Louis
2022-08-01 6:05 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-31 20:02 ` kf
2022-08-01 3:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 10:41 ` uzibalqa
2022-08-01 11:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 14:56 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-08-01 15:14 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 16:36 ` Drew Adams
2022-08-01 16:57 ` wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-08-01 18:36 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 19:20 ` Drew Adams
2022-08-01 16:56 ` tomas
2022-08-01 18:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 20:37 ` tomas [this message]
2022-08-01 11:33 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-08-01 11:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-08-01 12:54 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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