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		TN1ck on May 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is new in algorithms and data structu... What are the advancements since Clojure brought them to a mainstream language? More data structures got functional counterparts or better optimizations for “solved” ones like lists?

eru on May 11, 2023 [–]

For example, Chazelle's Soft Heap got a purely functional counterpart in 2013.

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