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by alex_lav 1045 days ago
> If you are writing lisp all day, well, list are your most common.

That's the thing though. _Any data structure is fine_. Say anything!

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Sounds like a trap. The first structure that came to mind was an r-tree. While I have a superficial understanding of when to use one, I have never needed to and would need to look up the details for the next question that is no doubt to talk about it in detail.

It came to mind first because I don’t know the intimate details and would need to look them up should I ever need that structure. That leaves reason to keep the name in active memory, unlike the structures you use daily, which never have reason to communicate outside of artificial situations.