Anil Madhavapeddy wrote:
>>>x ++ f ++ g ++ h
>>
>>What is the impact of the this programming style on execution performance?
> 
> 
>>From a GC point of view, this is better than the alternative of
> splitting up the calls into separate let bindings.  It's used in
> the OCaml sources to make some long call-chains look nicer.

Ah, yes, it makes one's code dense and legible at once. What I'm asking is 
whether the call to (++) manages to get compiled away--that is, reduced to its 
definition--or if I pay for the additional jump every time. In this latter case 
I might have to renounce the (++) operator in inner loops where I need to 
squeeze out every last bit of performance.

Alex

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