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Subject: Re: Any practical use for Atoms?
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Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> writes:
>>> VARIABLE FOO  instead.
>> Burning a runtime memory cell for each such symbol ...
> Ummm... what?  How much memory is that going to save?

One cell for each such symbol, I'd expect.  On an MCU that's
significant.