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Originally Posted by Velox Cruentus
Of course -- Digits take a lot less space then letters. It's pretty much known. Take this for example:
(-- binary, 2 bytes in length --)
5 (5) = 0000 0101
A (65) = 0100 0001
Now... Which one do you think has the least data to support? Plus they have to mention that the latter binary is a string. More calculations to make... Funness.
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I am saying that I think the engine internally converts a numeric array to a string list if you try to store characters in the array, causing a drastic speed reduction
Of course that is just my speculation, and only Stefan can really say (*nudge*)