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Re:Should JavaScript be split into two languages? Google pro... by debugnik on Saturday October 26, 2024 @07:15PM (#41958423)
> The Erlang string type is implemented as a single-linked-list

This refers just to Erlang's string() type, not BEAM strings in general; it's just a bad default. If you're not using binaries, you're doing it wrong, and that's exactly why Elixir's strings are UTF-8 binaries.

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