[plt-scheme] The role of proper and improper lists?

On Jan 25, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Bill Wood wrote:

> I rather like having a tuple type (fixed-length heterogeneous sequence
> ala SML or Python) distinct from proper lists.  When programming in  
> lisp
> or Scheme I sometimes use improper lists for tuples -- the  
> difference in
> structure acts as a reminder that the type is conceptually different.
>
>  -- Bill Wood


And if you use structures in PLT Scheme (and soon in R6 Schemes near  
you), you get the same benefits as in SML or Python. -- Matthias