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Nicholas Clark
Date:
February 9, 2001 10:30
Subject:
Re: Garbage collection (was Re: JWZ on s/Java/Perl/)
Message ID:
20010209183020.C21800@plum.flirble.org
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 01:19:36PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> The less memory you chew through the faster your code will probably be (or 
> at least you'll have less overhead). Reuse is generally faster and less 
> resource-intensive than recycling. What's true for tin cans is true for memory.

reduce, reuse, recycle.
The first R might also be important :-)

Nicholas Clark
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