Arc Forum | Well, if you're going to end up implementing something like my unrolled-lists id...

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1 point by almkglor 6084 days ago | link | parent

Well, if you're going to end up implementing something like my unrolled-lists ideas, then everything can very well be a cons cell underneath. Including bignums and strings.

4 points by stefano 6083 days ago | link

PicoLisp (http://www.software-lab.de/ref.html#cell) uses cons cells to implement everything, from bignums to strings.

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1 point by sacado 6083 days ago | link

Hmm, looks like an interesting beast... I'll have a look at it some day...

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