From: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Question about garbage collection
Date: 1998/04/20
Date: 1998-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6hf8jj$p9a$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.893038515@merv
dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
>Ed says
>
><<ObjectAda for Windows and UNIX are compatible with Geodesic Systems' Great
>Circle gc.
>>>
>
>I assume this is a conservative garbage collector. This is not the same as
>true GC, but is often quite effective.
Damning with faint praise?
I've heard that Ada is not a true programming language,
but is often quite effective. ;-)
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-04-18 0:00 Question about garbage collection Centaury
1998-04-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-04-19 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1998-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-20 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson [this message]
1998-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-21 0:00 ` raw
[not found] ` <ErqJro.9BI@world.std.com>
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-21 0:00 ` William Tanksley
[not found] ` <ErvsM0.Bu7@world.std.com>
1998-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <Es39LE.B5o@world.std.com>
1998-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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