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> Instead of traversing every node, Million uses a compiler to directly update dynamic nodes, resulting in O(1) time complexity.

This sounds very hand-wavy. What does it mean to "use a compiler to directly update dynamic nodes"?

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It means you compile-in a direct reference to the node that needs to be updated when some property changes, so instead of searching the tree of n nodes to find it, you already have the reference.

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