Re: A very basic thing I don't get

[David Kastrup <dak@...>]

"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:

> Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> writes:
>
>>> [...] but thinking of them as _either_ a linear O(1) structure
>>> _or_ a O(N log N) map is a mistake. [...]
>>
>> Just a detail: both arrays and maps are O(1) in space, and both are
>
> So when I add one million entries to an array it still takes the same
> space as when I have only one entry.  Interesting.  Perhaps I'll have an
> entry for each star in the universe...

Where else but in the same space would the stars be?

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David Kastrup