From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2009-06-18T18:07:36+09:00
Subject: Re: String += vs <<

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Marc Heiler<shevegen@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>> Ruby1.9 has enough memory on my machine to be that fast
>> but still += is faster than <<.
>
> How should that be possible when += creates a new object
> whereas << does not?
Sorry please see my post above, I completely got lost.
But be careful, it could be possible indeed, object allocation in the
short living object pool could be way cheaper than copying into the
long living object pool. But my benchmark was ridiculous I should have
spotted the mistake.

Robert
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