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Re:Espresso Machine Powered by Tcl/Tk by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:44AM (#20571755)
Tcl hasn't been string based since 8.0 added dual ported objects 20 years ago. Meanwhile the latest JavaScript is burdened with keeping full source strings hanging around in memory so that comments and whitespace can be preserved.
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Re:Espresso Machine Powered by Tcl/Tk by Leszek on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @04:27AM (#20572583)
Though to be fair, full source strings are kept around in memory for lazy compilation anyway (and other lazy computation).
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