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by sargstuff 1260 days ago
Algol based languages -> 1st order logic (implicit 'single' return)

algol languages array/stack with 'struct' abstract ('struc' abstract converted by compiler to ether parallel array(s) and/or array byte grouping per array ordinal index offset)

Lisp languages -> 2nd order logic (implicit nil/1 or many returns)

lisp is a tree / heap language where tree node is the 'implied' struct.

tree/heap much more flexible than fixed size array of strucs.