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to how they are implemented. For example, it is generally accepted that
building std::string using the "short string optimization" instead of
using Copy On Write (COW) is a superior approach for multicore
- machines. Breaking ABI compatibility with old versions of the library was
+ machines (particularly in C++'0x, which has rvalue references). Breaking
+ ABI compatibility with old versions of the library was
determined to be critical to achieving the performance goals of
libc++.