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Cons vs Tons - What's the difference?

cons | tons |

As nouns the difference between cons and tons

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

As a verb 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.

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)
    • ----

    tons

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (colloquial) A lot; a large quantity (of something).
    • I have tons of pens, but none of them work.
    I love him tons .

    Synonyms

    * a lot * a thing or two * loads

    Anagrams

    * * ----