Red/black trees

[Anupam Kapoor]

Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> :So what advantage do the red-black trees have, since the previous data
> :structure has been working fine for some time?
> :
> :Jonathon McKitrick
> :--
> :My other computer is your Windows box.
>
>     The previous data structure was a doubly linked list with a bunch of
>     hacks to try to make insertions go faster.  The red-black tree should
>     be just as fast, and not require any hacks.  Plus we can simplify
>     the clustering and fsyncing code, and make other optimizations.
is there are reason to not use skip lists ? now that we don't have to
rely on probabilistic measures anymore.

thanks
kind regards
anupam

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> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
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