Warp wrote:
>   Btw, what does it do if you jump to the beginning of the string after
> it has been garbage-collected? 

It won't get GCed if it's possible to jump to the beginning.

> (After all, from the programmer's point
> of view it's one single string, 

If it's that, and not a "linked list of characters" (from the 
programmer's point of view), then it won't get GCed until you're done 
with it.

Probably not a good way to process big files, tho, just as it's not a 
good idea in C. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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