This article explains in detail the origin the function names car and cdr. The article suggests that car and cdr are the basis of an access language for retrieving elements from tree containers. It provides some simple rules for reading the condensed forms of repeated car and cdr, ones which may be especially useful for students who are learning LISP. The article also suggests some improvements for the LISP tree access language.
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