From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2006-08-22T04:55:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Does Hash Apparently Reorder Its Internal Representation And Other Associated Ponderings

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> PHP's "array" is an associative array allowing "hash"-like handling
> with an ordered iteration. That's probably the source of 99% of the
> reasons that people want it.

And, for what it's worth, JavaScript's Object primitive is also an
associative array that retains insertion order for iterating keys,
while exhibiting performance characteristics of a hash.