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- From: damianj@castle.ed.ac.uk (Damian Jackson)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: Questions only Canadians are dumb enough to ponder
- Keywords: The newest in an ongoing series
- Message-ID: <28364@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:18:02 GMT
- References: <002519m.65.721939002@ace.acadiau.ca>
- Organization: Edinburgh University
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- 002519m@ace.acadiau.ca (KRISTIAN AARON MACCALL) writes:
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- >Does it take more than one name (item, entry, etc. - I've always been good
- >at synonyms) to make up a list?
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- Not in ML, witness:
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- x::[] or x::nil
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- Not in Prolog, witness:
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- [x|[]]
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- better stop saying "witness".
- certain people will be in a cold sweat by now.
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- Damian
- damianj@castle.ed.ac.uk
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