On 2020-10-08 21:52 +0200, Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
> Am Do., 8. Okt. 2020 um 21:45 Uhr schrieb Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe
> <xxxxxx@sigwinch.xyz>:
>
> > Yes.  This is one reason why I'm rather sad that vector-set! can't be
> > linear update--there are plenty of immutable implementations of vectors
> > which can guarantee O(log n) access.
>
> What do you mean by linear-update here?
>
> Do you mean a non-destructive update instead?

Yes, of course.  I meant "linear update" in the sense of SRFI 1's
use of the term:

> A "linear update" procedure is allowed -- but not required -- to
> side-effect its arguments in order to construct its result.

--
Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe  <xxxxxx@sigwinch.xyz>

"The Algol compiler was so poorly implemented that we dared not rely
on it, and working with assembler code was considered dishonorable.
There remained only Fortran." --Niklaus Wirth