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| (...) Ahh, Garbage Collection. <rant soapbox="on" eyes="glazed" dinosaur="true"> In my mind the worst thing that has happened to modern compiler languages is excessive reliance on Garbage Collection. This is analogous to leaving half-empty soda cans (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| In lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, Chris Phillips wrote: Hahaha, Your passionate condemnation of GC makes entertaining reading in light of the amount of work I have to do with lejos,Java,C++, etc for my final year undergraduate project. I will certainly (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| (...) Tyler, Happy to be of help! Regarding Garbage Collection, I'm not usually one to criticise without being able to suggest a better alternative. In this case, I think most GC systems could be improved by mimicking the concept of "smart pointers" (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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