2008/9/22 Rick Jelliffe <>:
> Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
>>
>> A good example of a problem that can be completely eliminated: use a
>> Finger-Tree-based sequence for all sequences, then there is no need to
>> worry
>> to convert from one sequence type to another (of course, the items still
>> need to be of the same type). Not to mention the gains in efficiency.
>>
>
> Do you have a feel for whether Java is powerful enough to implement finger
> trees in?
>
that's an odd question... what makes you think it wouldn't be?
is a language that can "implement finger trees" more powerful than one
that can't?
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