The origin of CAR and CDR in LISPThe origin of CAR and CDR in LISP A discussion in alt.folklore.computers, that started with a question from someone: The use of the keywords CAR and CDR to denote the head and tail of a list in LISP has always struck me as odd, (To which Iain A F Fleming replied: I have always, and still do, use car and cdr as content and forward pointer, even in C. ) According to the LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual
