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From: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Question about garbage collection
Date: 1998/04/20
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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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