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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ammo-zilla
Date: 1999/10/31
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In article <7vadsp$8q61@news.cis.okstate.edu>,
  dvdeug@x8b4e53cd. (David Starner) wrote:
> Under the "as if" rule, C allows garbage collection, and I've
> got a C compiler that compiles targetting the JVM.

Yes, but the C language, unlike Ada, was not designed to
facilitate garbage collection, so it is MUCH tricker to
implement GC in C, especially if you really expect to
accomodate the typical universe of existing C programs.


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