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Making a difference, one date at a time. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

can't a jit move things around enough that a linked list could be transformed into a memory-backed array if the access pattern requires it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Sure it can, as long as it retains behaviour according to whatever standard it needs to comply to. My point was rather that I would be very surprised if the actual implementation (at memory level) was a linked list.

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