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They kind of suck syntax-wise though. There's no visual difference between them and any other list.
by vertex-four 10y ago
They kind of suck syntax-wise though. There's no visual difference between them and any other list.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago'(this is a list) '((this . is) (an . alist)) Looks pretty distinct to me.
- vertex-four 10y ago'((this . is) (a . list) (of . cons)) '((this . is) (an . alist)) Hey look, my list of cons looks incredibly like an alist... funny that.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoSo an alist looks like an alist. I'm shocked. and alist is a list of pairs. That's what it is. Semantically, there isn't really another reason to use the format.