diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/StringList.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/StringList.h
index ec482f696b69..1a20f2382e18 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/StringList.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/StringList.h
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public:
     const char *
     GetStringAtIndex (size_t idx) const;
 
-    const char *
-    Join (const char *seperator);
+    void
+    Join (const char *separator, Stream &strm);
 
     void
     Clear ();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/StringList.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/StringList.cpp
index 88dd2edb3f83..c4356e7eccc9 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/StringList.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/StringList.cpp
@@ -95,23 +95,20 @@ StringList::GetStringAtIndex (size_t idx) const
     return NULL;
 }
 
-const char *
-StringList::Join (const char *separator)
+void
+StringList::Join (const char *separator, Stream &strm)
 {
     uint32_t size = GetSize();
+    
     if (size == 0)
-        return "";
-    if (size == 1)
-        return GetStringAtIndex(0);
-
-    std::string buf;
+        return;
+    
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
     {
         if (i > 0)
-            buf.append(separator);
-        buf.append(GetStringAtIndex(i));
+            strm.PutCString(separator);
+        strm.PutCString(GetStringAtIndex(i));
     }
-    return buf.c_str();;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandObject.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandObject.cpp
index c86bb5e9f7ee..af9aa39e7ed2 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandObject.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandObject.cpp
@@ -849,12 +849,15 @@ CommandObject::GetArgumentDescriptionAsCString (const lldb::CommandArgumentType
 static
 const char *arch_helper()
 {
-    StringList archs;
-    ArchSpec::AutoComplete(NULL, archs);
-    StreamString ss;
-    ss.Printf("These are the supported architecture names:\n");
-    ss.Printf("%s\n", archs.Join("\n"));
-    return ss.GetData();
+    static StreamString g_archs_help;
+    if (g_archs_help.GetData() == NULL)
+    {
+        StringList archs;
+        ArchSpec::AutoComplete(NULL, archs);
+        g_archs_help.Printf("These are the supported architecture names:\n");
+        archs.Join("%s\n", g_archs_help);
+    }
+    return g_archs_help.GetData();
 }
 
 CommandObject::ArgumentTableEntry