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From: billwolf@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,)
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Subject: Re: Garbage Collection
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Date: 13 Dec 88 20:22:44 GMT
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>From article <6702@june.cs.washington.edu>, by klaiber@june.cs.washington.edu (Alexander Klaiber):
> 
> Why do you want to explicitly *prohibit* it [garbage collection]?
> 

    Basically, I charge garbage collection with the same crime that
    the GOTO was charged with: its sole function is to facilitate
    UNDISCIPLINED programming.  From Tremblay and Sorenson, 1985:

       A common thought among proponents of the GOTO is: "I just
       might need it; something might come up".  The answer to
       this appears to be: "Nothing ever does".

    If this charge can be successfully prosecuted, then garbage
    collection will face the same penalty: the total elimination 
    of the facility, in favor of a more disciplined environment.



                                          Bill Wolfe

                                  wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu