Garbage Collection for Systems Programmers

[ryuukk_]

On Sunday, 7 April 2024 at 10:28:37 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Sunday, 7 April 2024 at 09:44:21 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
>> On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 19:09:12 UTC, Sebastian Nibisz 
>> wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 16:49:44 UTC, Richard (Rikki) 
>>> Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>>>> Modern GC's tend to need write barriers to make them work.
>>>
>>> Write barrier can be as cheap as a single atomic write.
>>
>> Again, asking to become even worse than Java
>>
>> Java's latest new concurrent GC doesn't need write barriers
>>
>> Rust is the best evidence that nobody wants a system language 
>> with a GC, only Microsoft do, and they has lost
>
> Swift is a systems language with a GC, and before you mention 
> RC isn't, I suggest reading proper CS material on automatic 
> memory management research, and not random blog posts on the 
> matter.

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