Re: Blocks in g++ ?

[Ross Smith <ross dot s at ihug dot co dot nz>]

Per Bothner wrote:
> 
> Closures are objects.  (You can simulate objects using closures and
> vice versa, fairly painlessly.)  The problems is how to reclaim the
> memory used by a closure if you are passing around a reference to
> a closure object.

Why is this a problem? That is: If closures are objects, why is memory
management more difficult for closures than it is for any other kind of
object? I mean, C and C++ have had pointers since the year dot. Every
programmer has learned how to manage memory. What's different about
closures?

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