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by f1shy 748 days ago
Depending on the implementation for short list they can be optimized (just as strings in C++). You may be right with C and Fortran. But tbh in an era where the tiniest thing has an OS with MMU, I really prefer GC when the performance is not a problem. If it is just a performance concern, then ASM will always beat C… Like everything in engineering is about the right trade off.