"/a" is not "/a" ?

[alex23]

On Mar 7, 10:57 am, s... at pobox.com wrote:
> Right.  Again though, when newcomers conflate the concepts they can deceive
> themselves into thinking "is" is just a faster "==".

But _you_ only _just_ stated "It does have some (generally small)
performance ramifications as
well" and provided timing examples to show it. Without qualification.

And you're wondering why these mythical newcomers might be confused...