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Re:Wolfram Language by tokipin on Friday November 22, 2013 @02:12PM (#6783017)
what's wrong with just using

    obj["a"] = 1;
    obj["b"] = 2;
    Print[obj["a"]]
or

    obj = { "a" -> 1, "b" -> 2 };
    Print["a" /. obj]

?
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Re:Wolfram Language by taliesinb on Friday November 22, 2013 @04:39PM (#6783943)
Because those are really poor substitutes for Associations, though one can make do.
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