IOC is inside Clang-head

[Walter Bright]

On 1/31/2013 11:42 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
> On 01/31/2013 08:15 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> GC isn't designed to 100% deallocate all unused memory. But C programs typically
>> are.
>
> As you can probably tell, I have absolutely no clue about the rationale behind
> these differences or their consequences -- could you enlighten me?

It's a large topic for a n.g. posting. May I recommend the classic book on the 
subject, Garbage Collection by Richard Jones:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471941484/classicempire

(yes, it's an affiliate link)