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Re (tilly) 2: Comparing memory requirements for hashes and arraysby tilly (Archbishop) |
| on Sep 03, 2001 at 23:41 UTC ( [id://109926]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Don't forget that Perl uses power of 2 buffering, so your
array probably takes up considerably more space than just
the number of elements in it. Also the simple debuggability and extensibility of hash-based structures makes them a win over arrays in my books. Even if up front you think the development speed is going to be similar, the debugging speed will not be...
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