[Haskell-cafe] Specify array or list size?

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk qrczak at knm.org.pl
Sat May 7 14:34:46 EDT 2005


Sebastian Sylvan <sebastian.sylvan at gmail.com> writes:

> A "list" is, for me, more of a "logical" entity (as opposed to
> structural). It's a sequence of "stuff" not a particular way to
> store it (singly-linked, doubly-linked, arraylists etc.).

I call it "sequence".
A list is usually a concrete type in a given language.

Exceptions: Python calls its arrays lists, and Perl calls its
sequences lists.

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