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In article <3BF27410.C899A16B@brighton.ac.uk>, John English says...
>
>Jeffrey Carter wrote:
>> I'm accustomed to First and Last for a list, with iteration starting at
>> First and going to Last. Head and Tail are more usual for queues.
>
>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.

Are you saying First and List just for the "Position", or for that and for the
Push and Pop routines too?

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