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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: Containers - nontrivial element access
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:59:16 +0200
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Robert A Duff wrote:
> Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> writes:
>> Robert A Duff wrote:

>> What is the reason that vectors (and trees and linked lists) aren't
>> built in, while arrays are?
>
> Building things in tends to make a language much more complicated.

Yes.

> I'd say too many things are built in to Ada already.

I am not sure I agree (but I haven't tried to create an Ada compiler).

> Also, there is an open-ended list of things like vectors.

Yes.  But why do we stop at arrays, instead of at binary trees or
doubly linked lists?

Greetings,

Jacob
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