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Re:Clojure: It’s About the Libraries by gruseom on Friday May 01, 2009 @12:15AM (#588076)
but couldn't because people kept using car and cdr instead of first and rest

Huh? What do names have to do with it?

If I recall correctly, first and rest were introduced 6 months after car and cdr were. The difference between 50 years and 49.5 years is hardly great enough to have affected the subsequent evolution of Lisp.

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