Eray Ozkural <exa@kablonet.com.tr> writes:

> To be precise, comparing an int list and int array we'll see that
> list occupies twice the same memory

Thrice, actually. AFAIK, lists behave exactly like

type 'a list =
  Nil
| Cons of 'a * 'a list

and therefore require an extra header word that will keep the
enumeration number, allocation size and temporary GC information.

-- 
	Falk

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