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11 # Nit implementation of the Ropes (see Ropes : An Alternative to Strings,
12 # SOFTWARE - PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE, VOL. 25(12), 1315 - 1330 (DECEMBER 1995)
13 # Hans. J Boehm, Russ Atkinson and Michael Plass)
15 # A rope is a kind of string but instead of being flat, it relies on a binary tree structure to store data.