Note that binaries >64 bytes are indeed stored in shared memory and reference counted. (Including utf8 strings (as opposed to charlists), which are binaries in

Note that binaries >64 bytes are indeed stored in shared memory and reference counted. (Including utf8 strings (as opposed to charlists), which are binaries in erlang). See http://erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/binaryhandling.html#refc_binary http://erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/binaryhandling.html#r... for more info