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15 <h1><a class=
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18 <p>A
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19 <a class=
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20 time access to an arbitrary sequence element.
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29 for any
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45 <td>Amortized constant time
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49 <td>Amortized constant time
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53 <td>Amortized constant time
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60 <p>Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or is not
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74 <td>The
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