Dotted List
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:22 am
Hello to every one. I've a question for everyone : why dotted list? why they exists?
Can anyone give me a piece of code using a dotted list that cannot be translated without the dot?
I'm currently developing a new Lisp-dialect (actually using dotted lists) and the existance of an atom on the CDR make me some extra checks. I don't know....but I'm considering the idea that "dot" were used when the amount of available memory was very very very small.
Thank you all.
Can anyone give me a piece of code using a dotted list that cannot be translated without the dot?
I'm currently developing a new Lisp-dialect (actually using dotted lists) and the existance of an atom on the CDR make me some extra checks. I don't know....but I'm considering the idea that "dot" were used when the amount of available memory was very very very small.
Thank you all.