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On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:11:27 -0800, Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com>
wrote:


>"The growth pattern is: 0, 4, 8, 16, 25, 35, 46, 58, 72, 88, …"
>    -- list_resize()
>
	Rather perverse, is it not? The first set is plain doubling, but
then you get a series of increases by:

	... 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 16,...

or

	100%, 100%, 100%, 56%, 40%, 34%, 30%, 27%, 22%,...

	Big jump form 100% to 56%...
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