Re: a history question

From: Arjen Markus (arjen.markus_at_wldelft.nl)
Date: 09/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:45:44 +0200

Richard Edgar wrote:
>

>
> I'm not certain of the answer to either question - although I very much
> doubt that the second one is possible, given that as things stand I have
> to reimplement a linked list for every new datatype.
>
> Richard

Ah, that is not quite true: I have built a small library for dealing
with
trees. I can store any data type in the nodes of these trees. The trick
is
to use the not-so-well-known intrinsic function transfer().

Regards,

Arjen