I wonder if there is a reasonable solution that somehow incorporates the benefits of string interning. However, given that it is really designed for specialized

I wonder if there is a reasonable solution that somehow incorporates the benefits of string interning. However, given that it is really designed for specialized scenarios, maybe that is not practical/useful. Also, if any one is interested, I believe this is the paper that the article was referencing: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/local/reading/proceedings/spe91-95/spe/vol25/issue12/spe986.pdf http://www.cs.ubc.ca/local/reading/proceedings/spe91-95/spe/...