Warp wrote:
>   If a string is really internally a list of smaller strings, wouldn't GC
> become more difficult because you can actually have "references" pointing
> to the middle of such strings and not their base?

You'd have to implement that kind of reference as a base+offset sort of 
thing. Or buffer it and copy it into a list as needed, like building up 
something from multiple reads of C stdio.

>   I must admit, though, that I don't know how GC is implemented.

No, you're right. The kind of GC that can handle arbitrary pointers is 
called "conservative GC" if I recall correctly.  It works pretty poorly.

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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