Re: Language Challenge 2000 - Update

[Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com>]

On 3 Feb 2000, David Starner wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:01:44 -0800, Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
> >On 3 Feb 2000, David Starner wrote:
> >> >For GC, I suppose you'd have to use AppletMagic. 
> >> Or wrap the Boehm-Weiser GC library.
> >
> >Yuk! How about a real GC for Ada someone? :-)
> 
> What's wrong with the Boehm-Weiser library? 

What is the opposite/dual of a "conservative" garbage collector? 

Answer that question and you can guess what I don't like with this
approach. I'll admit that its probably fine for lots of tasks though.

> It's known to work with GCC/GNAT (the Java frontend depends on it), it
> interfaces nicely with other languages, and it works in most modern
> OS's. 

Whatever makes you happy. To use a line Ada programmers like to throw at 
C folk: "I wouldn't fly in a plane whose software used a conservative 
GC!"

> What would you really gain from a "real" GC for Ada? (And what
> do you mean by "real GC" anyway?)

See the answer to the question above...

-- Brian