Re: RFC 179 (v1) More functions from set theory to manipulate arrays

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "TC" == Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Thanks for the summary. (I wish you would be able or have the time to
exand more often on your positions.)

TC> I think you still have some big hurdles here, however.  Lists are
TC> crappy set reps.

I don't want a set representation. I want set operations. And somehow
for this having to add a use statment and who knows what overhead for
what seems to be a simple operation is a pain.

>From an efficiency standpoint, all of the hash overhead (allocating
buckets, assigning values, etc.) can be chucked all I would need is
the key management part. Which could probably be boiled down to
converting the hash key into a bit.

<chaim>
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