Re^6: Perl vs C

in reply to Re^5: Perl vs C
in thread Perl vs C

Given that Perl arrays are partially implemented using linked lists, that shouldn't be too much of a surprise.

That is new to me. I never got that impression from the perlguts manual page, nor from the illustrated version. Care to explain where linked lists come into play?

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Re^7: Perl vs C by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 15, 2009 at 19:17 UTC
'Linked lists' come from a slight miss-remembering of what I read in Re: To push and pop or not to push and pop? and Shift, Pop, Unshift and Push with Impunity! a couple of years ago. Comment struck from the record. True laziness is hard work	[reply]

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