[MWForum]Re: arrays? (was: New to LOGO)

[Daniel Ajoy]

On 15 Mar 2005 at 15:03, Jeff Knope wrote:

> You may create a list of 
> any size.  You may add more to it, subtract elements from it, manipulate its 
> elements (recurrsively, not globally) 

Hi Jeff,

What do you mean by "not globally"?

> in any way, at any time.  Also, lists 
> may have any number of levels of complexity (lists of lists of lists...). 
> (Note too, "setitem" is not a LOGO primitive.)

Logo is a family of different implementations of a language that has
no standard. There are more than 120 different implementations:

http://www.elica.net/download/papers/LogoTreeProject.pdf

and some of them do have arrays. But I think you are right,
lists pretty much can replace arrays in most problems
(at least in most of the problems I've encountered)

Does anyone can think of a counter-example?

Daniel
OpenWorld Learning

PS. Besides, arrays can be simulated to a certain extent if
you really need something like it.