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That's an implementation detail that doesn't bear much on actually using the language. The cons cell abstraction leaks sometimes, sure, but I wouldn't say that
by neutronicus 14y ago
That's an implementation detail that doesn't bear much on actually using the language. The cons cell abstraction leaks sometimes, sure, but I wouldn't say that the concept of "pointer" is fundamental to Lisp at all.
- heretohelp 14y agoUnderstanding that cons cells can point to anything and that the referent not the referrer has a "type" is critical to understanding the language.