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Why can an ArrayList become a performance problem with a very large dataset?

Tests whether you connect it to resize cost (growing by 50% and copying the whole backing array), O(n) insert/remove in the middle, and memory overhead from over-allocated capacity -- not just 'arrays are slow'.

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