Thanks Richard for the good link. So to be even more precise, we can say that clojure's data structures are "fully" persistent since any older version of the datastructure can still serve as the basis to create new versions.
2009/12/17 Richard Newman <holyg...@gmail.com> > > I just learned (the hard way, by being humble and asking :-) ) on > > #clojure that one does not say "immutable" collections but > > "persistent" collections, since "persistent" conveys a lot more > > information about what Rich has achieved than just saying "immutable". > > Good explanation: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_data_structure > > Contrast to: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immutable_object > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
