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On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:03:39 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Emacs uses a gap buffer, which is a quite primitive approach which in
> theory has poor worst case behavior but works surprisingly well in
> practice (especially with the speed at which current CPUs can copy/move
> large chunks of memory).
> Others use structures like ropes.
> 
> https://coredumped.dev/2023/08/09/text-showdown-gap-buffers-vs-ropes/

Interesting. Most of the article seems to be about constructing 
benchmarks, measuring them, discovering that gap buffers are just as good 
if not the best, and then trying to handwave that away before rinsing and 
repeating.