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Subject: Re: B-trees
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Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 17:22:00 EST
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> B-trees are to binary trees what ksh is to sh.
>                                        Rob Pike

Does this mean that B-trees are something that every binary tree user
would want to use, or does it mean that they take up a lot of space to
add functionality that should be done in another way?

Also, what data structures correspond to csh and the 8th edition sh? :-)

						Tim Smith
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