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		ok123456 on Nov 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rusty ownership and the lifecycle’s stone Wouldn't call those data structures. Those are data types.

howinteresting on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

They are structured data. The restriction of the term "data structures" to what's asked in interview puzzles is ridiculous IMHO.

Edit: and even among "interview puzzle data structures", stacks and queues have much simpler semantics than linked lists.

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