Re: [Haskell-cafe] Origins of (x:xs)?

Paul Hudak writes:

As for "x:xs", the "xs" is meant to be the plural of "x", and is pronounced "exs" (I guess...). Similarly, "n:ns" is one n followed by many more "ens". Make sense?

I think this convention is often used in the Prolog community as well, as in "X|Xs". -- Doug Quale