Igor wrote: >If such kind of collections didn't existed over more than >30 years of smalltalk existance, what makes you think >that there a big interest in having them today? Memory. Without the memory to use them, the need was not there. >Of course, they could occupy some niche, but i doubt >that they will replace an existing classes in a day-to-day use. In a 64 bit system, it is not a niche. You simply need a set of collection classes that work well with millions an tens of millions of elements, not just 100.000s. >Besides, many projects implementing own kinds of collections, >specific to their needs. That is exactly what you want to avoid. I've had to implement these collections too often.
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