From: Edgardo Hames <ehames@...>
Date: 2004-10-12T23:27:20+09:00
Subject: [Little OT] Re: Ruby Directions (was Re: quality of error messages)

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:09:37 +0900, Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Personally I prefer the approach Matz has taken with Ruby strings because
> of my experience with Java strings.  It can be a major performance
> drawback if you have to create a new string for every change that you do
> to a string (yes, I know there is StringBuffer, but too many methods just
> return a String); and in some cases your memory might not even suffice.
> 

I found this article which debunks some myths about Java performance.
Urban performance legend #3: Immutable objects are bad for performance

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp04223.html?ca=dgr-lnxw07-obg-JavaMyths

Kind Regards,
Ed
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