Linked lists (was Re: Typing system vs. Java

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <9kqvmm01udp at enews1.newsguy.com>,
Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
>
>I have my doubts this will perform all that well, even if there's
>something that makes allocating and freeing pairs (two-items-tuples)
>*quite* fast (a 'free pool' for such object specifically, or...).

Actually, IIRC, there is such a pool.
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