On Sun, 2021-03-07 at 13:19 +0800, Qian Yun wrote: > > Finally, a thing has puzzled me for a very long time. It seems > that there is not a linked list type/data structure. It's unthinkable > that a language doesn't have this type, its library doesn't use > this type. Maybe Julia is hyper focused on numeric computation > and uses vector extensively, but to build a CAS without linked > list is impossible. >
Yes, this is very puzzling when one encounters Julia for the first time! The answer is that what almost every other language calls "list" in Julia is called "array". Julia's arrays can be treated/used either as indexed objects, or as lists, like Python lists. Kostas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/831af0c84734ba977cbef0fa76031ac878f30997.camel%40gmail.com.
