More radical ideas about gc and reference counting

[Paolo Invernizzi via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 10 May 2014 at 06:53:07 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> Am 10.05.2014 08:27, schrieb Manu via Digitalmars-d:
>> On 10 May 2014 07:05, Wyatt via Digitalmars-d
>
> The problem when comparing iOS with Android, is that we aren't 
> comparing ARC with GC.
>
> We are comparing a full OS, which we don't know how much ARC is 
> actually used versus standard malloc/new with another OS, which 
> has a
> so-and-so VM implementation, used mostly software rendering 
> until version 4.1, and care for low end devices was only done 
> in 4.4.
>
> If we add Windows Phone to the mix, then we have a .NET stack 
> like Android (WP7 - GC/JIT) or in its sucessor (WP8)  native 
> code generation for .NET (GC) with a COM model for OS APIs 
> (ARC).
>
> Both versions of Windows Phone run smoother that many Android 
> phones, even the WP7 ones.
>
> Not saying you are not right, just that we need to look at the 
> whole stack when comparing mobile OS, not just GC vs ARC.
>
> --
> Paulo

+1
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Paolo