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Re: a .NET alternative (GJC et al)
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, lord at regexps dot com
- Subject: Re: a .NET alternative (GJC et al)
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 06:58:53 -0400 (EDT)
A little note on terminology. IBM uses the term "type accurate" garbage
collector which I find useful. "precise" is still a rather imprecise
term, since obviously no garbage collector can be precise in the "do
what I mean" sense, since for example, stuff that is accessible but
never will be accessed again is not collectable, so garbage collection
can never be 100% automatic in the sense of getting rid of anything
that is no longer needed.