Sean Kelly Wrote: > head/last > > It seems fairly popular and doesn't cause any confusion with 'tail' if > we decide to use that later on. > > > Sean
I don't think head/tail gives any confusion (it certainly doesn't to me). I believe 'tail' (meaning 'everything but head') is misused in other languages, the correct term for it is 'rest'. head/tail - first and last elements head/rest - first element and the rest. Is there any ambiguity?