Slices time complexity

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>:

> Right. So the box with an arrow coming out of it is a good metaphor for
> pointers — *in languages that have pointers*, which Python does not.
>
> A box with an arrow coming out of it is a poor metaphor for Python's
> references, since a Python reference doesn't contain anything accessible
> to the programmer.

Lisp doesn't have pointers. However:

  <URL: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Cons-cells.svg>

  <URL: http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/lisp/cons/>

  <URL: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/331/fall11/notes/scheme/scheme2.ppt>


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