lists and sequences

[Collin Monahan]

What is a python list? Is it a linked list or a random access structure
in contiguous memory? What type of situations should be avoided when
using it? E.g. when does n^2 time happen using it? What sorting
algorithm is used by its sort member function?

Are the answers to these questions the same for Jython? If there is a
good situation to use a Java collection from Jython because of above
considerations, how bad are the constant factors which arise from doing
so? That is, how preferable is it to stick with the python-language
structures when using Jython?

I'm not on the list so please copy me.

Thank you
Collin Monahan

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