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Pro vs Cons - What's the difference?

pro | cons |

As a contraction pro

is (label) to the; for the.

As a noun cons is

or cons can be (computing) a data structure in lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

As a verb cons is

(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 or cons can be (con).

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Translingual

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • ISO 639 code for
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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
    Related terms
    * car * cdr * list * LISP

    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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