From: Sean Surname <x3qh85202@...>
Date: 2007-11-11T06:40:11+09:00
Subject: Re: JRuby performance questions answered

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Rick DeNatale wrote:
>> It's main advantage is that it's easy to understand.
> 
> I don't think reference counting is any easier to understand than pure
> mark-and-sweep or pure stop-and-copy. The main advantage of reference
> counting in my opinion is that its restrictions force you to kick some
> features out of your language design if you want to use it. :)

Those features being "finalizers"?  IMHO its main advantage is being 
prompt, so you don't have to worry about resources hanging around after 
they're no longer needed.
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