XPost: comp.lang.lisp, alt.usage.english   
   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an t-aonú lá déag de mí Iúil, scríobh Lawrence D'Oliveiro:   
      
    > On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:57:57 +1000, Peter Moylan wrote:   
    >   
    > > On 11/07/24 15:50, HenHanna wrote:   
    > >   
    > >> Another  nostalgic  term is  to "CDR down the list..."   
    > >   
    > > It is indeed many years since I last used CAR and CDR in anger, but I   
    > > don't remember it with nostalgia.   
    >   
    > Proper CompSci terms should not have such proprietary origins.   
      
   “Contents of the decrement register,” wasn’t it? Not horrific on that   
   front.   
   But yes, a more general word would be ideal.   
      
   A (the) codebase I work on has a Lisp implementation as well as a lot of C. The   
   Lisp data types and related functions are easily available to the C code.   
   Nonetheless there are loads of C structures that just incorporate their own   
   next pointer and roll their own linked lists that way, requiring separate list   
   traversal, searching, sorting, cycle detection code ...   
      
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   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
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