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chowells on July 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dijkstra’s algorithm and the Fibonacci heap

Well, it's a property of basically everything except arrays. So it's more than just "certain specialized data structures".

taeric on July 6, 2014 [–]

To be fair, many folks learn immutable data structures with the so called "persistent" data structures.

Which are cool, to be sure. They are far from new, however. So, I'll be a little surprised if it turns out they are a panacea.

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