Re: Adding to the end of a list

Dear Brian,

Brian Hulley wrote:
>
> Anders Lindén wrote:
> > (Just like you add to a list in the beginning with [A|List]?
>
> No - [A|List] is a new list whose head is A and whose tail is List
> (nothing is added to List)

That depends upon your definition of 'add'. E. g., if you add 1 to 2 you
get 3. However, 2 remains the same, it does not become 3 when you add 1
to it. Similarly, when you add Head to Tail to get [Head | Tail], Tail
remains the same.

Best regards,

Bill
.

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