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From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
Cc: 69709@debbugs.gnu.org, "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>,
	"Mattias Engdegård" <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>,
	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:09:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmsqo7lwl.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e1d5cc5c-c15d-4c61-bead-80794040ab1f@gutov.dev> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:39:51 +0200")

> So others will have to go around each such project, ensure the original list
> is "owned" and add the :in-place argument, to reach the optimum
> performance. That's why, I think, 'sort' is mutating in most languages.

I think it's mutating in "most languages" because "most languages" are
imperative and because those primitives usually operate on arrays (a
"naturally imperative" data structure) rather than on singly-linked
lists (a "naturally more immutable" data structure).


        Stefan






  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-23 20:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-10 13:28 bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-10 14:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-10 14:56   ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-20 19:01     ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-20 19:37       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-21 14:55         ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-21 14:54       ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-22 20:55       ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-03-23 14:58         ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-23 17:39           ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-03-23 20:09             ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2024-03-23 23:19               ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-03-23 23:25                 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-25 11:11                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-29 10:59                     ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-29 11:38                       ` Daniel Mendler via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-29 11:52                         ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-05-17 12:29                           ` Daniel Mendler via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-05-17 17:49                             ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-29 12:06                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-29 15:02                         ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-29 15:35                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-29 16:13                             ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-29 18:09                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-10 15:48 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-03-10 15:56   ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-10 16:03     ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-03-10 16:46       ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-10 16:55         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-10 17:54           ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-03-11  7:01 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-04-14 14:03 ` Aris Spathis
2024-04-14 16:26   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-14 16:33     ` Mattias Engdegård

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