On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> 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.)
Now that's the definition *I* learned.
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Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD,
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New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up
fictitious words in the dictionary.
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