[plt-scheme] Is there a set data-type?

On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu 
> > wrote:
>> Just a tease: how would you use hashtable to represent infinite sets?
>>
>
> Well, first I'd add the first element to the hashtable, then I'd  
> recurse. :-)


I can understand why you're cursing a lot, so much indeed that you are  
inventing a new verb (re-curse) but that's just because you jump to  
conclusions too quickly.

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What my tease is pointing out that you stated a problem __and__  
immediately demanded a specific implementation of a solution. You  
chose the data structure without even considering alternatives.