Warner Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in list.freebsd-hackers:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jonathan M. Bresler" writes:
> : The terminology is very simple. Anyone that can cope with
> : either vi or emacs can learn:
> :
> : NUL: an ascii character (0x00)
> : NIL: a pointer at the end of the line
> : NULL pointer: used in C to refer to NIL.
> : not to be confused with NUL.
>
> But NIL is not a poitner at the end of the line in gnu emacs. It is
> the empty list.
Traditionally, NIL is the last element in a list, which marks
the end of the list. NIL is the abbreviation of "not in list".
(I'm not familiar with elisp, though.)
Regards
Oliver
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