Oops, indeed. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 16:53, Omer Zak w1-at-zak.co.il |Python-IL| < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Rani, > You replied to me personally. Did you mean to post your answer to > Python-IL? > > --- Omer > > On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 16:00 +0300, Rani Hod wrote: > > Why do other languages have arrays and linked lists as different types > > of sequences? > > "The only difference" is that linked lists are easy to modify and > > arrays admit random access to elements. > > These are two distinct data structures with different operation > > complexity. > > > > In a deeper sense, hashing cannot be well-defined for mutable types, > > so the two requirements you mentioned are actually mutual exclusive. > > >
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