JWZ, on Garbage Collection
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JWZ, on Garbage Collection
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Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#2And this was written before Java's garbage collector was even good.
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#3This text is more than 10 years old (1998).
Are you just indirectly polling if there is still controversy about GC?
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#4This text is more than 10 years old (1998). Are you just indirectly polling if there is still controversy about GC?
Are you just indirectly polling if there is still controversy about GC?
There is, apparently: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=585094
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#5And this was written before Java's garbage collector was even good.
As well as before Python got cyclic GC, while we're at it.
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#6What separates good thinking/writing from a mediocre noise is that it remains relevant and interesting to read even in 10 years, despite missing rounded corners and lack of randomly chosen photos that are supposed to help us to understand his point.
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#7As previously noted, this article was written a while ago, and is somewhat critical of 'bad' GC's: Perl, Python & Java in particular. I think Perl is still using reference counting, which has its own drawbacks, but I think most would agree that Java's GC has grown to be pretty good over the years. And now there's C#, which seems to have a decent GC as well.
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#8What separates good thinking/writing from a mediocre noise is that it remains relevant and interesting to read even in 10 years, despite missing rounded corners and lack of randomly chosen photos that are supposed to help us to understand his point.
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Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#9Double meaning is the guy who picks up the litter in his nightclub.
Re: JWZ, on Garbage Collection
#10Is it just me or does every GC is faster argument boil down to: "All working real world examples are noticeably slower, but trust me, I know of this amazing GC that's actually faster it's just not in production use anywhere yet."