> In standard CL and Scheme, data structures are implemented at their base using cons cells
That's not true. Both CL and Scheme have other data structures besides cons cells, and that's been true for the Lisp family of languages for nearly 70 years now.
This bizarre belief that everything is a cons cell in Lisp and Scheme needs to go away.
For someone who initiated hostility, you're a dismal failure at supporting your arguments. I'm not reading two entire manuals to find the citations you're referring to and should've cited yourself.
> I'm not reading two entire manuals to find the citations you're referring to and should've cited yourself.
C-f that PDF for "array". For the other manual, I linked the TOC. It's right there on the page (arrays and hash tables, and you can follow up with structures and objects) and there's no reason to read the entire manual. I figured most people knew how to use a table of contents, I apologize if I expected too much from you.
That's not true. Both CL and Scheme have other data structures besides cons cells, and that's been true for the Lisp family of languages for nearly 70 years now.
This bizarre belief that everything is a cons cell in Lisp and Scheme needs to go away.