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Clarify list terminology
authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Sat, 24 Jun 2023 23:19:53 +0000 (19:19 -0400)
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:26:20 +0000 (08:26 +0300)
commit987b25d60ddb2c67c3434b6eef2bad08a0a0bfc5
treefaf7f65f5f46cc0c5b708ff423023a4ab98c3b29
parentd0147ff9e507cc4e99e0574eab106f95c8e9df1f
Clarify list terminology

* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Lists diagrammed):
Mention "cons cell".  Add index entries.
(car & cdr): Simplify etymology of `car' and `cdr'.
Explain why for some purposes they are better than `first' and `rest'.
Mention cons cells.

(cherry picked from commit 188c90c7c111dbbdc3edd29c23b59ade26f97bfd)
doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi