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'((this . is) (a . list) (of . cons)) '((this . is) (an . alist)) Hey look, my list of cons looks incredibly like an alist... funny that.
by 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.