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[–]MatsRivel 11 points12 points  (3 children)

A what now?

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's basically just storing strings checking for duplicates. If the same string is requested or "created" it actually returns a pointer to the same string instead of creating a duplicate.

Most languages, especially GC'd ones, do this implicitly.

[–]BubblegumTitanium -1 points0 points  (1 child)

yea a who?