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> The use of hashes is an implementation detail and wholly irrelevant. Not in this case. An ordered map implemented as a tree has the same interface but with v
by pmelendez 11y ago
> The use of hashes is an implementation detail and wholly irrelevant.
Not in this case. An ordered map implemented as a tree has the same interface but with very different operation complexities
- jcwilde 11y agoMy comment was meant tongue in cheek. Maps are _the_ universal data structure: they can be used to map any input to any output. The rest is just an implementation detail. One might even call them "functions", but that ruins the joke.
- elbenshira 11y agoI missed an opportunity here.