Re: Questions on Using Python to Teach Data Structures and Algorithms
- From: Steve Holden <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:15:49 +0100
bearophileHUGS@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
efrat:[...]
I suspect it's because of their intrinsic one-dimensional nature.
then why was the name "list" chosen?
I'd too love to know why the wrong "list" name was chosen for them,
instead of "array". (Maybe because "list" is shorter, or because ABC
called them "lists"...)
regards
Steve
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