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The cdr function takes a List cell as argument, and
returns the contents of the cdr field:
Stack: "a" "d" cons Stack: <cons> cdr Stack: "d"
This function is usually pronounced "could'er".
Modern languages often use more logical names like
tail or rest for this function.
Historical note: cdr stands for "Contents of
Decrement Register", referring to the machine instruction
used to implement this in the first Lisp, on an IBM 704 at
MIT in the late 1950s.)
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