From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2002-07-04T02:58:50+09:00
Subject: RE: Ruby implementation Q's



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Johnson [mailto:justinj@mobiusent.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:54 PM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: Re: Ruby implementation Q's
> 
> 
> > I agree it is interesting.  But you will not see it in (my) Ruby in
> > the near future.  I have to consider it more deeply, since I have
> > some concerns about implementation / language impact of the idea.
> 
> I'm not suggesting it as a request for the current Ruby.  I 
> mention the idea
> because it is an interesting thought and because I'm 
> developing another
> implementation of the language.
> I think that introducing manual deletion into a language like Ruby may
> create an inbalance and have an adverse effect on code design.
> 
> If I could just come up with a way of (quickly) detecting the 
> moment an
> object isn't referenced anymore....

Well, how do other languages implement GC?  Which language, in your opinion,
has the *best* form of garbage collection?  I only know a little bit about
GC, and then only with regards to Perl and Ruby.  I have no idea how C, C++,
Java, Smalltalk, OCaml, Lisp, etc handle GC behind the scenes.

Regards,

Dan