Maybe D is right about GC after all !

I Love Stuffing ilovestuffing at gmail.com
Tue Dec 19 13:48:14 UTC 2017


On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 13:16:13 UTC, Nicholas Wilson 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:52:59 UTC, Mike Franklin 
> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 09:54:05 UTC, Walter Bright 
>> wrote:
>>> "C, Python, Go, and the Generalized Greenspun Law"
>>>
>>> http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7804
>>
>> "Maybe D is right about GC after all!"
>>
>> No, GC is just one kind of automatic memory management.  Just 
>> like we have many different data structures all suited for 
>> different purposes, we need different memory managers for 
>> different purposes.  D's mistake is that it has dominantly 
>> favored one.
>>
>> Mike
>
> But it doesn't preclude you from using others, unlike other 
> that force it. Yes it can be a bit of a pain to work around but 
> it can be done.

You mean have two bulky GCs around claiming they own memory at 
the same time? What could go wrong...


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