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1 point by cronin1024 6048 days ago | link | parent

If a string was a linked list, the storage and processing overhead would be considerable compared to an array-based implementation with no tangible benefit - how often do you really perform a recursive process on a string or create a new string with the tail of an old string?


2 points by almkglor 6048 days ago | link

cref treeparse. http://arclanguage.com/item?id=5227

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