From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-15 16:08:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!shale.ftech.net!news.ftech.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "martin.m.dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3BECA3B7.5020702@telepath.com> <3BF0247D.4500975E@san.rr.com> <5BXH7.22252$xS6.34813@www.newsranger.com> <3BF052D3.ECEF3FF2@san.rr.com> <3BF19FF8.7FE097EF@boeing.com> <3BF27410.C899A16B@brighton.ac.uk> Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.2 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:01:17 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.148.47 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 1005868971 62.252.148.47 (Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:02:51 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:02:51 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16596 Date: 2001-11-16T00:01:17+00:00 List-Id: "John English" wrote in message news:3BF27410.C899A16B@brighton.ac.uk... > My vote also goes to First and Last. Apart from anything else, the > names are then consistent with the corresponding array attributes, > and consistency is a Good Thing IMHO. Hi John! First and Head are equivilant But Last and Tail were not - which is what I was trying to convay... In ML-ish speak (I know this involves 'grannies' and 'eggs') but a list is defined as: List = | Head | Head + Tail; Head = List_Element; Tail = Head | List; (again from memory!) So Tail /= (always) Last;