when you want to go to it <| sep |> I SWEAR I HEARD IRRELEVANT LAUGHTER BUT I ' M NOT SURE . MUST HAVE BEEN MY IMAGINATION . <| sep |> I was going to say array first as well , but then I realized when you ' re looking for a tab you can ' t just immediately find it , you have to check one tab at a time until you find the right one . Also , the total tabs can grow and shrink just like the total nodes on a linked list can be dynamically resized , where as in C , an array is of one size . But even a linked list isn ' t a perfect example , because the tabs aren ' t really pointers to other tabs . Edit typos <| sep |> He who has all the gold , rules , I think that one is followed pretty well <| sep |> Well I know I don ' t speak for everyone , but damn I don ' t want to listen to this for 30 minutes .