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Re:The true cost of linked lists by DoubleFree on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:08AM (#31639967)
The quote "Efficiency with algorithms, performance with data structures"[1] is very applicable imo.

[1] https://isocpp.org/blog/2014/12/efficiency-with-algorithms-p...

Re:The true cost of linked lists by namibj on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:36AM (#31641825)
Actually, things like merge-join can benefit from the hierarchical aspect of something like a Btree, making not only the individual accesses/seeks more efficient, but also saving more in the first place