[Gllug] What is a hash?

[Gordon Joly]

>And `map' and `mapc' and `maplist' for mapping over different kinds of
>things. Hell, there's `map' in perl, too, but the data structure they
>call a `hash' is a mapping from keys to values. `Map' is a much better
>name than `hash', which, after all, is just an implementation technique
>for a map.

Err....yes. That's where we came in!

It has annoyed me (and confused me) that the Perl people call the 
thing in question a hash!!


Gordo
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