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From: bill@cambridge.apple.com (Bill St. Clair)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Beginner Question ?
Message-ID: <131@brazil.cambridge.apple.com>
Date: 13 Sep 89 17:21:01 GMT
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Reply-To: bill@brazil.UUCP (Bill St. Clair)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cambridge, MA
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As I heard it, CAR is Contents of Address Register, and CDR is Contents of
Decrement Register.  These were hardware registers used in one of the early
implementations of Lisp.

Bill St. Clair (bill@CAMBRIDGE.APPLE.COM)