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bmachotoday at 10:35 AM1 replyview on HN

It's only the interface that is of a string. An array is a list of strings with space between, but only for the programmer. The runtime is free to use an actual array.


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IshKebabtoday at 12:36 PM

I'm aware. It's awful because of the implications for the programmer, not the runtime.