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1 point by CatDancer 5660 days ago | link | parent

What's the difference between nil and ()

Arc lists are terminated by 'nil, Scheme lists by '(). Because Scheme lists sometimes appear in Arc, the Arc runtime (such as 'is) treats '() like 'nil.

Couldn't we drop one of these?

http://hacks.catdancer.ws/nil-impl-by-null.html ^_^



1 point by conanite 5660 days ago | link

sounds like an onion to me :)

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