From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-18 16:09:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CBF5244.93CD9323@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CBAFFEE.2080708@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204171036.6f0a7394@posting.google.com> <3CBDD795.4060706@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204180800.44fac012@posting.google.com> <3CBF0341.8020406@mail.com> <4519e058.0204181251.415ff7f1@posting.google.com> <3CBF3B4A.67AF0C7E@flash.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:08:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1019171324 66.75.151.160 (Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:08:44 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:08:44 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22759 Date: 2002-04-18T23:08:44+00:00 List-Id: > > Could someone please define a MAP. > I think we are talking about associative arrays here. A MAP is a function that, given a key, returns a value. An implementation in an imperitive language obviously has the ability to change the function, adding keys and values, deleting keys, etc. I believe the STL version allows you to iterate thru in order of sorted keys. In other words, a "map" is the API to a hash table or a search tree or etc. You can implement them with trees, hash tables, linear lists, whatever. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. The 90/10 rule of toothpaste: the last 10% of the tube lasts as long as the first 90%.