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From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: memory management in Ada: tedious without GC?
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Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 08:58:32 +0200
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Peter C. Chapin wrote:

> Pascal Obry wrote:
> 
>>     int N;
>> 
>>     N = <value computed at runtime>;
>> 
>>     vector<float> v(N);
> 
> This is legal in C++. The constructor parameter is an arbitrary
> expression.
> 
> This discussion is starting to compare language+library vs language.

Both C++ and Java advocates like that kind of comparison as both are rather
weak languages with powerfull libraries.

Mind you some of the Java programmers I work with start to become
dissatisfied with the weakness of Java and start to look for alternatives
targeting the JVM and it's huge library.

> There be dragons down that road!

Indeed.

Martin

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