LOGO-L> address problem

[KERRB@Magill.UniSA.edu.au]

This was mailed by me (Bill Kerr) not Erica Zubkoff.
John, 
 Is it possible to identify the nature of this problem.
-- Bill
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From:	IN%"erica@gsn.org"  "Erica Zubkoff" 25-JAN-1998 03:36:54.41
To:	IN%"bh@CS.Berkeley.EDU"
CC:	IN%"logo-l@gsn.org"
Subj:	RE: LOGO-L> eliminating items randomly from a list

Brian wrote:-
>An array is a preallocated, contiguous block of computer memory.
>In other words, you decide ahead of time that you need exactly 43
>elements in the array, and you ask the operating system to find you
>a block of size 43 (of whatever you're going to put into the array;
>in Logo this would be 43 pointers to arbitrary data structures).

In JavaScript there is the option of keeping arrays open ended,

eg. you can write

textArray = new Array();

rather than

textArray = new Array(21);

-- Bill Kerr

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