s/line/list/
NIL is what you test against to determin if you have reached
the end of a list. the empty list is just a NIL ( hand wave over all
the car and cdr reality in favor of a simpler albeit not-correct
description of how it works.)
jmb
>
> 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.
>
> Warner
>
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