From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d978d3056ed727b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Language Challenge 2000 - Update Date: 2000/02/04 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 581553298 References: <38991E72.293907A4@sdynamix.com> <38992ADB.AC8748A8@mail.utexas.edu> <87bbro$9281@news.cis.okstate.edu> <87cg3u$8a21@news.cis.okstate.edu> <87d196$8q61@news.cis.okstate.edu> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: nntp1.ba.best.com 949679635 221 bpr@206.184.139.136 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 3 Feb 2000, David Starner wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:01:44 -0800, Brian Rogoff 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