Property list of NIL

[KAPLAN.PA]

Date: 16 JUL 1982 1555-PDT
From: ROACH
Subject: PROPERTIES
To:   KAPLAN

     The way section 7 of the manual starts, any litatom can have a 
property list.  When you read the fine print, you see that NIL's property
list can never be anything but NIL.  You can GETPROP and REMPROP from
NIL and you can even (SETPROPLIST NIL NIL).  Why not be honest and admit
that because of the way NIL is implemented, NIL does not have a property
list?
				Kelly



Why is it that NIL has a NIL property list.  Doesn't seem
at all necessary to me.