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Functional Pearls A symmetric set of efficient list operations

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Rob R. Hoogerwoord
Rob R. Hoogerwoord
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Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 M B Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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In this paper we show that it is possible to implement a symmetric set of finite-list operations efficiently; the set is symmetric in the sense that lists can be manipulated at either end. We derive the definitions of these operations from their specifications by calculation. The operations have O(1) time complexity, provided that we content ourselves with, so-called, amortized efficiency, instead of worst-case efficiency

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Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 505 - 513
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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