XPost: comp.lang.lisp, alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   "PDL" -- which (in the old days) was often compared to   
                   those Dish-dispensers (with Springs) in Cafeterias.   
      
      
      
   Another  nostalgic  term is  to "CDR down the list..."   
      
   whch makes me imagine a hapless (Mr.)Pointer who can be   
                          jetsoned(?) to ANY POINT in heap memory.   
      
                                    like the BALL in a pin-ball machine.   
      
                 -- like the gumshoe (P.I.) in Citizen Kane   
                                          or another Noir film.   
      
      
   Maybe in Gauche, lists are allocated more like   
                                         Python Lists  or  vectors?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)