[Haskell-cafe] Is the #functional programming paradigm antithetical to efficient strings? #Haskell

[Stefan Monnier]

> Is the #functional programming paradigm antithetical to efficient strings?

Why would it be?
Most string operations in non-low-level languages are naturally
functional (e.g. my local Emacs build makes strings immutable and 99%
of Elisp packages don't even notice the difference).


        Stefan