From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: (endp lst) or (null lst) Date: 05 Jan 2003 07:12:27 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3250739547613864@naggum.no> References: <3250662317762335@naggum.no> <3250717503208873@naggum.no> Reply-To: http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1041750747 12967 129.240.65.207 (5 Jan 2003 07:12:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Jan 2003 07:12:27 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:49880 * Chris Gehlker | I assume that "cons" is just a typo for "consp". Yes, sorry about that. | So the solution that we both prefer is labeled "the infinitely | silly Scheme-like example"? That is the source of my confusion. Ah. The idea of computing the length of a list with recursion is very Scheme-like and very silly, and you should not do this, but it is useful in an example. Note that both examples are identical in this respect and it can therefore not be the point of the examples. The point of the examples is therefore where they differ. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.