1.6.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

1.6.2.1 Alternatives to procedural loops and iterating over lists in Mathematica

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/7924/alternatives-to-procedural-loops-and-iterating-over-lists-in-mathematica

 
While there are some cases where a For loop might be reasonable, it's a 
general mantra  one I subscribe to myself  that "if you are using a 
For loop in Mathematica, you are probably doing it wrong".  ...
 

- asked by Mr.Wizard (91 votes), answered by Mr.Wizard (59 votes)

1.6.2.2 How to make use of Associations?

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/52393/how-to-make-use-of-associations

 
I have been curious about it for long. Now that Mathematica 10 arrives, 
I think it's time to ask the question: How the new Association data 
structure would be used to improve Mathematica programming? 
 
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- asked by Yi Wang (53 votes), answered by Leonid Shifrin (54 votes)