>- removing #= from String (semantically, means it has to be the same
>result as SequenceableCollection>>=).

Have you benchmarked this one?  String>>#= calls a primitive to 
compare string elements.  SequencableCollection loops through the 
interpreter cycle.  I'll bet the costs are substantial for plain 
string-string comparisons.

I only briefly scanned the thread, noting benchmarks considering the 
elimination of Symbol>>#.  Here, the impact is on ordinary 
string-string comparisons, which can be significant for large strings.

Please forgive if I am rehashing old news. . .
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