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Re: JWZ on s/Java/Perl/

From:
David L. Nicol
Date:
February 9, 2001 12:54
Subject:
Re: JWZ on s/Java/Perl/
Message ID:
3A8458DE.61AC5634@kasey.umkc.edu
abigail@foad.org wrote:

> So, it's more a data preserver than a garbage collector.... ;-)
> 
> Abigail


I find it odd that perl mallocs each string individually, for instance;
I had thought that it would only malloc massive pieces and do its own
allocation and freeing of it.  Its laziness, of course.


-- 
                      David Nicol 816.235.1187 dnicol@cstp.umkc.edu
                          "I don't care how they do it in New York"




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