haskelldocumentation/content/all-about-strings.md
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All about strings Michael Snoyman <michael@fpcomplete.com> Assorted information on string-like types, data models, laziness, etc 2015-03-09 2015-03-09 2015-03-09
  • Lazy vs strict
  • String, Text, and ByteString
  • Internal representation: pinned vs unpinned memory
  • Implications of lazy I/O
  • Character encoding, conversions
  • Representations (base16-bytestring/base64-bytestring)
  • Example: hashing