This seems like a spiritual relative of "rope" data structure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(data_structure)

http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Rope.html


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:

> I continue to work feverishly on various aspects of static type checking.
>
> That work lead to a discovery that may benefit you.  It's one of the most
> beautiful patterns I've ever created: it allows a program to simply and
> naturally build up huge strings without using any string operations.
> Generating an html file with minimal stress on the gc is an obvious
> application.  You could also say that the pattern creates a Pythonic way of
> using lisp-like algorithms, but more safely than in lisp.
>
> Full details at the stc documentation page::
>
> http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/stc/stc.html#a-beautiful-pattern-for-building-large-strings
>
> Edward
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