[Cst-1b] Mistake in Prolog Notes?

[Martin Harper]

I think he's trying to emphasise that it's the list [[a,b],c], NOT the list
[a,b,c]... but certainly, such structures are lists.
Martin.

"M.Y.W.Y.B." wrote:

> Prolog lecture notes, p18:
>
> The last example for lists written in dot notation is
>
> (.(a,.(b,[])),.(c,[]))
>
> The notes claim that this is not a proper list but to me it seems that it's
> a list of two elements:
> (1) .(a,.(b,[])) is the head of the list
> (2) .(c,[]) is the tail of the list, ie a list of 1 element, c.
>
> Have I missed out something or is it a real mistake in the notes?
>
> Thanks
>
> Moritz
>
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