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An exercise to help build the right mental model for Python data.

The โ€œSolutionโ€ link visualizes execution and reveals whatโ€™s actually happening using ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†_๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต: https://github.com/bterwijn/memory_graph

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[โ€“] bterwijn@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Copying a list with a million elements every time you make a small change is not fun. Sure, you can optimize a bit behind the scenes, but that still gives a lot of overhead.

[โ€“] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

And we can create data structures and algorithms that fit a more functional style without relying on imperative assumptions of how data should be handled. Data structures like vlists could be applicable, for example.