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developerWorks: Better Programming Through Effective List Handling

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 7, 2005

“List processing is one of the computer’s biggest strengths;
singly linked lists provide the basis for a number of interesting
algorithms and techniques that are useful in every aspect of
programming. I’ll show you these techniques in this article, as
well as a simple language that can deliver the techniques without
having to brave the complexities of C.

“First, let’s re-examine linked lists…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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