Re^2: perl string pass by value

> Remember that Perl was originally architected at a time when memory was at an extreme premium and CPUs were very slow.

How is unnecessary copying saving memory?

IMHO Perl just reflected the behaviour of C.

Cheers Rolf
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Re^3: perl string pass by value by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2018 at 04:00 UTC
And yet, today's runtime Perl implementations must somehow strive to accommodate all of this "old" source-code, as graciously as it possibly can ... without breaking any of its now-oh-so-old assumptions . . .	[reply]
Re^4: perl string pass by value by LanX (Saint) on Apr 03, 2018 at 09:14 UTC
More bla! Doesn't answer the question. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]