From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2006-08-21T19:35:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Does Hash Apparently Reorder Its Internal Representation And Other Associated Ponderings

William James wrote:
> 
> Did you try association lists?

Sort of, but I liked the interface of Hash too much
to abandon it.  So far, I am carrying along an array
of keys in order of creation for the one place that
I need it.  Otherwise, I have the beauty of the stock
Hash interface at my disposal.

Speed is not an issue (for me).  The 5,000 simulations
I am running take days to run.  Even if the Ruby I am
use to set them up takes 5 minutes instead of 5 seconds,
I'll take the beauty of an ordered Hash over association
lists any day.

Regards,
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Bil
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