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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 21:11:30 -0600
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On 2014-02-06 22:00, Roy Smith wrote:
> > list does not promise better than O(1) behavior  
> 
> I'm not aware of any list implementations, in any language, that 
> promises better than O(1) behavior for any operations.  Perhaps
> there is O(j), where you just imagine the operation was performed?

Pish...there's always O(0) which is achieved by *not* performing some
unneeded operation ;-)

-tkc