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## 2.1.10 Hybrid Representations of Sequences

For some application such as a text editor the best representation of sequences may be a hybrid of linked and sequential allocation, sometimes called a `rope` implementation. Such a hybrid links together sequentially allocated blocks of elements (arrays). If the size of blocks is bounded by a constant, then the asymptotic complexity of sequence operations in the hybrid implementation is identical to the corresponding singly or doubly linked list implementation. But the leading constant in the polynomial approximating the running time may be much lower.