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Re:The Lisp Curse (2011) by defgeneric on Thursday February 25, 2016 @12:10PM (#11175867)
Yes but can you do caaaaaar or caaddaar or cdaar, etc. with head and tail?

In 5 characters with cadar you can express walking along a tree structure to get exactly the node you want.

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Re:The Lisp Curse (2011) by davexunit on Thursday February 25, 2016 @12:26PM (#11175991)
car, cdr, cadr, and friends are discouraged in some Lisp communities where pattern matchers are available.
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Re:The Lisp Curse (2011) by AnimalMuppet on Thursday February 25, 2016 @01:22PM (#11176457)
Sure. caaaaaar -> heaaaaaad. cadar -> heaiad. It's one more character, but if you really want to express yourself that way, there's no reason you couldn't...
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