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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Tcl does not support linked lists- technical commentary.
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In article <ASAH.94Oct11144631@ginsberg.cs.berkeley.edu>,
Adam Sah <asah@cs.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
> Does Tcl currently provide linked lists? (eg. in its "list" type)
> Can Tcl lists be made to act like linked lists?
> Do linked lists make sense in the context of Tcl?

Does Tcl currently provide linked lists? (eg. in its "array" type)

Yes. An array can contain elements that contain the names of other arrays or
array elements. These can be used as pointers to next and previous elements
in the list.

Now you may be able to counter this mechanism, but don't ignore it.
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