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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Per Bothner wrote: >bear wrote: > >> Since as far as I know every serious record system out there is >> implemented as an underlying vector, > >Then I guess your knowledge is lacking, unless you by "vector" mean >"adressable memory". > >Kawa records are built on Java classes. I assume others are >equivalent to C structs. In both cases, a structure that is contiguous in memory and provides constant-time access - which makes it smell like a vector to me. Different implementation languages write different words on the concept, but it's pretty universal. Bear