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Re: Question on DATA STRUCTURES

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From: Joe
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:32
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In article <4hgc4i$98q@solutions.solon.com>, walter briscoe wrote:
>} LETTER_TYPE; /* I have found that list pointers are better placed
>               ** at the beginning of structs than the end. */

Why?

--jf

[Because the nearly-legal generic linked list sorter is much faster if
 it doesn't need to be given an offset?  :) -mod]
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Subject: Re: Question on DATA STRUCTURES
Date: 10 Mar 1996 10:32:25 -0600
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