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		Jtsummers 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fundamental Problems of Lisp, the Cons Cell (2024) If you don't want cons, you can use vectors and arrays in Lisp. Cons isn't the only data structure available.

johnisgood 10 months ago [–]

And often you want to avoid heavy cons-ing, too.

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