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Fons vs Cons - What's the difference?

fons | cons |

As nouns the difference between fons and cons

is that fons is plural of lang=en while cons is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between fons and cons

is that fons is third-person singular of fon lang=en while cons is to obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

fons

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
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    cons

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of construct .

    Noun

    (conses)
  • (computing) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
  • Synonyms
    * cons cell

    Verb

    (es)
  • (computing) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
  • In addition to specifying the whole list at once using square brackets and commas, you can build them up piece by piece using the (:) operator. This process is often referred to as consing.

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (con)
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