From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-08-29T04:11:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby Uses Mark-and-Sweep GC?

Hi Matz,

Do you think it will be beneficial to add C API for Ruby objects that will
not participate in the mark-and-sweep gc in a future release of Ruby?  I
think in this way we expand Ruby usefullness to include real-time
programming.

Also, garbage collection is not an essential element of Ruby, is it?  If
some part of Ruby is not garbage-collected, Ruby is still Ruby, isn't
it?  I think this will even add to Ruby's luster.

Regards,

Bill
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Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> I now understand what you want.  But still, I don't think it is the
> way to go for the garbage-collected languages.  This feeling is
> probably due to the fact I am highly influenced from GC researchers.

> 							matz.