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From: gateley@m2.csc.ti.com (John Gateley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Beginner Question ?
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Date: 12 Sep 89 04:53:53 GMT
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In article <29265@news.Think.COM> barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <11521602MR@MSU> 21602MR@MSU.BITNET (Mark Rosenberg) writes:
>>what does CAR and CDR stand for ?
>[Explanation of source of the names]

And of course, car and cdr chains are marginally pronouncable:
cadr = Cad-der
cdar = could-ar
etc.

John
gateley@m2.csc.ti.com