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> 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 defaul
by debugnik 2y ago
> 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.