On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > Lie Ryan wrote: >> def cdr(L): >> return L[1] > > IANAL (I am not a Lisper), but shouldn't that be 'return L[1:]' ?
In LISP, a list is a series of two-item units (conses). >> L = (a, (b, (c, (d, None)))) This represents the LISP equivalent of [a, b, c, d] in Python. A list is a linked list, not an array (as in Python). IANAL either though, someone else may wish to clarify the advantages of this system. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
