NAME List::SkipList - Perl implementation of skip lists SYNOPSIS my $list = new List::SkipList(); $list->insert( 'key1', 'value' ); $list->insert( 'key2', 'another value' ); $value = $list->find('key2'); $list->delete('key1'); DESCRIPTION This is a prototype implementation of skip lists in Perl. Skip lists are similar to linked lists, except that they have random links at various levels that allow searches to skip over sections of the list. They generally perform as well as balanced trees for searching but do not have the overhead with respect to inserting new items. More detailed information is available in the module documentation. AUTHOR Robert Rothenberg LICENSE Copyright (c) 2003 Robert Rothenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO See the article *A Skip List Cookbook* (William Pugh, 1989), or similar ones by the author at http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/ which discuss skip lists.