Re: [Chicken-users] list vs dotted-list

[Christian Kellermann]

* Yi DAI <address@hidden> [101111 16:40]:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> On a recent consideration of the design of Scheme, a question comes to my
> mind:
> 
> Why do we have both list and dotted-list, given that the former is just a
> special case (terminated by nil) of the latter? Can we simply live with the
> latter?

Well the basic building structure here is the cell containing a car
and cdr part. The more complex structures are build upon that cell.
So lists are a special way to chain cells together. The dot notation
reflects this.

Kind regards,

Christian