From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-03-20T10:13:55+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR 296: Destructive methods return self

* Daniel Amelang (Mar 19, 2005 23:50):
> I use ruby in the bioinformatics field. We deal with very long
> biological sequence data and protein structures.

How long?  Are you sure String is the class for you?  Is it possible
that some domain-specific data structures would suite your tasks better?
I'm being curious, not provocative,
        nikolai

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