Comparison of programming languages (associative array): Difference between revisions

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Lists of pairs and functional maps both provide a purely functional interface. By contrast, hash tables provide an imperative interface. For many operations, hash tables are significantly faster than lists of pairs and functional maps.

=== [[OptimJ]] ===

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The [[OptimJ]] programming language is an extension of Java 5. As javadoes Java, Optimj provides maps.; But,but OptimJ also provides true associative arrays:. javaJava arrays are indexed with 0-basedpositive integers; associative arrays are indexed with any collectiontype of keyskey.

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Of course, it is possible to define multi-dimensional arrays, to mix javaJava arrayarrays and associative arrays, to mix maps and associative arrays.

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