[External] : Re: Question about circular references

[Ron Pressler]

> On 4 Jul 2023, at 00:22, David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com> wrote:
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> But what are your thoughts on my post? Do you think this lack of representability is a problem too?
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I don’t see a lack of representability. Java’s records can represent tuples — the thing they are meant to represent.

To represent a potentially cyclic graph with tuples you can use the ordinary representation of edges, and if you want to represent a graph in a more OOPy/pointery way, i.e. not with tuples, use classes that aren’t tuples, which are also representable in Java (and you can also make them immutable if you like).

— Ron