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Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing

Date	2011-11-05 16:14 -0400
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing
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On 11/5/2011 1:06 PM, Lew wrote:
> Jan Burse wrote:
>> Stefan Ram schrieb:
>>>     However, in computer science, a stack is well known as a
>>>     specific mutable entity with specific performance
>>>     properties. So, an »immutable stack« should not be called
>>>     »stack«.
>>
>> If you take the subdomain of functional programming
>> in computer science, the people there wouldn't
>> probably agree. A stack can be viewed as an abstract
>> datatype:
>>
>>      push : Stack x Element ->  Stack
>>      pop : Stack ->  Stack x Element | Fault
>>
>> By the above one would loose the possibility to directly
>> reference a stack by one process. And then see what
>> an another process is doing on it.
>
> Your answer does not speak to the inherent contradiction in the term "immutable stack".

Given the example with Integer in his first post, then it should be
rather obvious what he means with immutable stack.

Whether that thingy should be called stack or not can be relevant
but maybe a little focus on the question asked first would be
good.

Arne

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Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 04:03 +0100
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 12:42 +0100
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-05 09:35 -0700
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 19:33 +0100
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 14:42 -0400
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 19:52 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-05 19:32 +0000
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 15:31 -0400
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 20:50 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 16:26 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:35 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:38 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 16:59 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:06 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:41 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:42 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 17:11 -0400
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:20 -0400
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:33 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:38 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:41 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-05 17:20 -0700
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-05 22:13 -0300
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-05 20:05 -0700
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 10:27 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 10:14 +0100
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-05 10:06 -0700
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 10:55 -0700
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 19:30 +0100
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 18:16 -0400
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:20 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:38 +0100
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-05 17:47 -0300
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 14:26 -0700
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:14 -0400
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 14:35 -0700
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:42 +0100
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:50 +0100
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 14:51 -0700
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:58 +0100
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:03 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:07 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-11-06 09:44 +0200
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 10:22 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-06 09:05 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 14:16 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 14:22 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-06 14:30 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:02 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:08 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-06 16:18 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:54 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:31 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 22:33 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 16:47 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:58 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-07 01:01 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:26 -0800
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-07 23:45 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 14:44 -0800
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 17:51 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 01:28 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 19:50 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 02:13 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 20:20 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:29 -0800
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:22 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-06 23:02 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 00:32 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 01:10 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-07 10:24 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:52 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-07 11:12 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-07 17:24 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 02:08 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 05:03 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 05:13 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-07 23:38 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-09 22:06 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-09 18:02 -0800
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 00:28 +0100
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 00:39 +0100
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-06 20:57 -0400
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 04:58 +0100
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2011-11-07 15:13 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Cthun <cthun_202@qmail.net.au> - 2011-11-07 12:54 -0500
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "B1ll Gat3s" <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-07 18:07 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-07 22:07 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "B1ll Gat3s" <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-08 00:17 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-08 16:03 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Cthun <cthun_202@qmail.net.au> - 2011-11-08 15:49 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "B1ll Gat3s" <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-08 18:01 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-08 20:46 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "Cthun" <cthun_202@qmail.net.au> - 2011-11-08 22:43 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-09 08:28 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-08 16:00 -0500
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