Re: [xml-dev] Re: Discover data patterns or Create data patterns?

[Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>]

Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
>  A good example of a problem that can be completely eliminated: use a
> Finger-Tree-based sequence for all sequences, then there is no need to worry
> to convert from one sequence type to another (of course, the items still
> need to be of the same type). Not to mention the gains in efficiency.
>   
Do you have a feel for whether Java is powerful enough to implement 
finger trees in?

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe