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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: memory management and productivity
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:46:36 +0100
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"Russ" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, if initialize and finalize are fundamentally no different than
> constructors and destructors, then I conclude that Ada does not have
> automated memory management any more than C++ has it. (I may be a bit
> slow, but I catch on eventually.)
>
> As for using a library that has memory management built in, that
> sounds great. I'd just feel a bit better about it if it were in a
> standard library that everyone agrees on and comes with the language,
> like STL in C++. Then you could honestly say that Ada has automated
> memory management built in. (And it would be better than Java's
> because it would be optional.)

Ada does not forbid an implementation for performing GC but there
has been zero customer call for it. That's no too surprising - "Sorry, you
can't apply brakes/launch missile/shutdown reactor as I'm busy garbage
collecting." would not go done well.

But for desktop apps or even business apps, it might well be appropriate.

Cheers

-- Martin