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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: C vs. Ada - strings
Date: 2000/05/21
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In article <3924B730.AFB52C1C@acenet.com.au>,
  Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au> wrote:
> Pete wrote:
> > java strings are much better.
> Only some aspects are better, many are much worse!
> E.g., they're horribly slow, especially if you need to change
them -
> since they're immutable you have to create a new one.


The slowness is a matter of implementation, not the language.
Have a look at SPITBOL to see the efficiency that can be
achieved with string processing, even if you have very
elaborate string semantics.


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