Julian Elischer once stated:
=> Pardon my intrusion, but I strongly dislike the very thought about
=> my computer looking-up the same string more then once or twice. If it
=> counts -- I'd take a number over a string anytime anywhere other
=> then in a documentation.
=how often do you use this?
Seldom. But the strings are still in the kernel, which becomes
bigger with every build. My argument was more general, however,
and directed against the growing tendency to use string literal
(and copy them beck and forth). IMHO, the point of faster hardware
is purely to have thing running faster, rather then letting
programmers be "sloppier".
However, as I already stated, this is just my preference.
-mi
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