> I thought streamContents: was faster than using a comma binary message... I was wrong. Pharo is not Java :-)
Noury "Run in P11" a := 'aaaaa'. > b := 'bbbbb'. > c := 'ccccc'. > d := 'ddddd'. > e := 'eeeeee'. > [ a , b , c , d , e ] bench. > "'3958888.090 per second'" > "'3808242.503 per second'" > [ > String streamContents: [ :str | > str > << a; > << b; > << c; > << d; > << e ] ] bench > "'3083603.838 per second'" > "'2927641.144 per second'" a := 'aaaaa'. > b := 'bbbbb'. > c := 'ccccc'. > d := 'ddddd'. > e := 'eeeeee'. > [ a , b , c , d , e ] bench. > "'3958888.090 per second'" > "'3808242.503 per second'" > [ > String streamContents: [ :str | > str > << a; > << b; > << c; > << d; > << e ] ] bench > "'3083603.838 per second'" > "'2927641.144 per second'" a := 'aaaaa'. b := 'bbbbb'. c := 'ccccc'. d := 'ddddd'. e := 'eeeeee'. [ a , b , c , d , e ] bench. "'3958888.090 per second'" "'3808242.503 per second'" [ String streamContents: [ :str | str << a; << b; << c; << d; << e ] ] bench "'3083603.838 per second'" "'2927641.144 per second'"