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>So why have append for lists, and string-append for strings? Because concatenating two lists and concatenating 2 strings are distinctly different operations o
by davexunit 12y ago
>So why have append for lists, and string-append for strings?
Because concatenating two lists and concatenating 2 strings are distinctly different operations on different data types, and it helps that they are named as such.
- copsarebastards 12y ago> Because concatenating two lists and concatenating 2 strings are distinctly different operations on different data types, and it helps that they are named as such. "Named" is the wrong word for that sentence. Names are for people, boats, pets, not data structures. You probably meant "data type named".