And Hickey himself said he adapted ideas from Bagwell's HAMTs. And tries are 60 years old.
I have always thought Hickeys main contribution was making it default in a coherent way, and proved it could be done. Before clojure most peoplle still thought immutable data structures were too I practical.
I have always thought Hickeys main contribution was making it default in a coherent way, and proved it could be done. Before clojure most peoplle still thought immutable data structures were too I practical.