fcn forwardDiff(lst){
if(lst.len()<2)
return(T);
return(T(lst[1]-lst[0]).extend(forwardDiff(lst[1,*])))
}
fcn nthForwardDiff(n,xs){
if(n==0)
return(xs);
return(nthForwardDiff(n-1,forwardDiff(xs))) // tail recursion