append concatenates two lists to form a single list. The first argument is copied; the second argument is reused (shared).

(append '(a b c) '(d e))    ->  (a b c d e)

(defun append (x y)
  (if (null x)
      y
      (cons (first x)
            (append (rest x) y)) ) )

public static Cons append (Cons x, Cons y) {
  if (x == null)
     return y;
   else return cons(first(x),
                    append(rest(x), y)); }

This version of append append is simple and elegant, but it takes O(n_x) stack space.

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