More radical ideas about gc and reference counting

[Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d]

Am 10.05.2014 15:37, schrieb Manu via Digitalmars-d:
> On 10 May 2014 19:43, Xavier Bigand via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>> I don't know well WP8 models, but this one must run smoothly :
>> http://www.nokia.com/fr-fr/mobiles/telephone-portable/lumia1320/fiche-technique/
>>
>> Just like Android phones, the battery is huge : 3400mAh
>> It's the same for CPU : Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4, dual core 1,7 GHz
>> Only RAM seems reasonable : 1Go
>>
>> And it's maybe easier for Microsoft to do a GC with good performances cause
>> they control everything on the OS. There is certainly some specifics memory
>> management in the kernel related to the GC. When Google "just" put small
>> pieces together based on a linux kernel.
>
> They don't GC. MS are behind their C++/CX now, which introduced an ARC
> pointer type '^'.
>

.NET Applications on Windows Phone 8 make use of both (GC and COM RC).


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Paulo