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The Origin of CAR and CDR in Lisp (2005)
According to the LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual ISBN 0 262 13011 4, `A' and `D' stand for `address' and `decrement', as on page 36 it says:
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- HN comments
- 135
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Programming LanguagesHistory & Retro Computing2017
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2017 | The Origin of CAR and CDR in Lisp (2005) by tosh | 102 | 95 |
| Dec 26, 2016 | The Origin of CAR and CDR in Lisp (2005) by tosh | 84 | 40 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 5 Hacker News comments by 5 different people, from Nov 2009 to Nov 2024.
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- sourcepluck · Nov 4, 2024
- DonHopkins · Apr 30, 2020
- msla · Sep 28, 2017
- gruseom · Jul 21, 2012
- jacquesm · Nov 16, 2009
