Re: Are Associative Arrays unique to Perl?

hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
3 Nov 1996 13:07:11 -0500

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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
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Date: 3 Nov 1996 13:07:11 -0500
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> [You can get much the same effect using Lisp property lists, and that
> goes back to at least 1960. Any earlier refs? I think Lisp is
> earlier than COMIT. -John]


Property lists were used in IPL-V, which was the symbolic language
that preceded Lisp. I have an IPL-V manual if anyone has any questions.
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