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by skewsymmetry 5515 days ago
Lists are trees.
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ericmoritz 5515 days ago
Wait, I thought trees are lists.
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sesqu 5515 days ago
No, trees are multidimensional lists. Lists are one-dimensional lists, which are degenerate trees and a simple primitive for the more general (always a loaded term) structure.
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