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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector and GNAT
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In article <3EEF60F2.5070100@noplace.com>, Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> writes:

> Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Does that paper say _Ada_ programmers spend that much time ?
>> 
>> If so, then programmers for some other languages must spend 110% of their
>> time debugging memory managment issues.

> Maybe we could put this one to rest permanently by getting some kind of 
> general consensus that Ada just plain doesn't need it. Or by claiming 
> that "Any *Competent* Ada Programmer" doesn't let memory leak. :-)

Garbage collection is important to particular problem domains like AI.
People who need it do not appear to be a significant portion of the
Ada-using public.