Paul Hudak <paul.hudak at yale.edu> writes: > As for "x:xs", the "xs" is meant to be the plural of "x", and is > pronounced "exs" (I guess...). > Similarly, "n:ns" is one n followed by many more "ens". Make sense? I think this convention is often used in the Prolog community as well, as in "X|Xs". -- Doug Quale