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Imperative Features in Scheme

• "Functions" that modify/change a data structure are called mutators

• By convention, mutator names end in "!"

• SET! binds or rebinds a value to a name

• SET-CAR! replaces the car of a list

• SET-CDR! replaces the cdr part of a list