Re: linked list rewrite

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > What does the 'n' stand for in ncons?  I also felt that lcons
> > (construct) and nconc(concat) were too similarly named.
> 
> I think nconc is a direct copy from the Lisp original; whatever its
> origins are, they're back in Lisp prehistory.  I don't mind renaming
> that one ;-)

I found out why it is called Nconc:The name comes from CommonLisp: 'conc' for 'concatenate', prefixed bythe 'n' which
signalsa dangerous function modifying existing lists.(Think of as as n-for-nuke.)
 

from:
http://www.muq.org/~cynbe/muq/mufref_437.html

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