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diff --git a/src/content/chapter0_basics/lesson14_lists/text.html b/src/content/chapter0_basics/lesson14_lists/text.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd07cd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/chapter0_basics/lesson14_lists/text.html @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<p> + Lists are ordered collections of values. +</p> +<p> + <code>List</code> is a generic type, having a type parameter + for the type of values it contains. A list of ints has the type + <code>List(Int)</code>, and a list of strings has the type + <code>List(String)</code>. +</p> +<p> + Lists are immutable single-linked lists, meaning they are very efficient to + add and remove elements from the front of the list. +</p> +<p> + Counting the length of a list or getting elements from other positions in the + list is expensive and rarely done. It is rare to write algorithms that index + into sequences in Gleam, but but when they are written a list is not the right + choice of data structure. +</p> |