From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21490 invoked by alias); 9 Jul 2010 17:12:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 28067 Received: (qmail 19691 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2010 17:12:10 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at csr.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:32:50 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: "Zsh Hackers' List" Subject: Re: "cdr" function for recent directories etc. Message-ID: <20100709173250.148e372e@csr.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20100622203058.7b08775e@pws-pc> <20100708162813.57be2e0e@csr.com> Organization: Cambridge Silicon Radio X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; i686-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jul 2010 16:32:50.0378 (UTC) FILETIME=[5F3712A0:01CB1F84] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A_09_40_00 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.68.0.114 On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:15:25 -0700 Bart Schaefer wrote: > Being a lisp-er of old, my first [*] reaction to this was that you've > implemented "car" and called it "cdr". (Or, depending on where you > think the head of the list is, you've called "cadr" "cdr".) While I'm a bit out of practice with Lisp, I've written enough Emacs code in my time that the fact it never occurred to me may mean the rest of the world isn't going to be too worried... still time to rename it but I'm not sure there's a real call. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Member of the CSR plc group of companies. CSR plc registered in England and Wales, registered number 4187346, registered office Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom