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Scheme's conses are mutable: r7rs (and the previous standards) define set-car! and set-cdr! to mutate the parts of the conses. One of the reasons why Racket is
by fiddlerwoaroof 8y ago
Scheme's conses are mutable: r7rs (and the previous standards) define set-car! and set-cdr! to mutate the parts of the conses. One of the reasons why Racket is not a Scheme is that Racket's conses are immutable.
- wooby 8y agoThanks for clarifying. I remembered it as a point of contention in the Scheme community.