Eugene, et al --

...and then Eugene Lee said...
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% Also, the letter 'e' is smaller than 'p', so ASCII-based function
% lookups will be faster as well.

Most of these speed increases can't be noticed in a small script, where
the end is within a few lines, but echo() really works well in larger
scripts where the end is far away.

In addition, print() only sort of works well in the "near" case and
doesn't work at all in the "far" case (as demonstrated when trying to
throw something printed, such as a book).

Finally, echo()ed statements always remain in the proper order, but
throwing a bunch of print()s will just get you a big mess on the floor
requiring an intelligent sort() to clean up -- and you know how tough it
can be to write a quick sort() algorithm!


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