--- Christopher Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been working through a tutorial: > http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/index.htm. > Lately, I have been learning about abstract data > types > (linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, etc.). While > I > do enjoy the challenge of creating these objects, I > am > not sure what they are used for. >
You probably use a linked list every day and don't even know it. Do you ever hit the "Back" button on your web browser to return to previous pages? The browser keeps a list of the pages you've visited, all linked together, so you can move backwards and forwards through the list. Here is a great resource for learning about different kinds of data structures: http://www.nist.gov/dads Regards, Marc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
