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From: | Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Garbage collector? |
Date: | 11 Oct 2004 09:38:56 GMT |
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boohiss <boohiss AT cubesource DOT net> wrote: > Is there some sort of garbage collection library for DJGPP, that will put > my mind at ease? No. Neither C nor C++ is designed to be used with garbage collection. It just wouldn't work, because there's essentially no way at all to determine whether a given block of memory is still being referenced by something, somewhere in the program, without changing the very foundations of the language. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
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