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Why does it take so much effort to use a garbage collected runtime efficiently? Wasn't the purpose of a GC in the first place to make things easier for the deve
by nosideeffects 11y ago
Why does it take so much effort to use a garbage collected runtime efficiently? Wasn't the purpose of a GC in the first place to make things easier for the developer?
- ivom2gi 11y agoIt actually does remove a lot of hassle from developers. But with every abstraction, the complexity is not actually removed, just hidden. This means that in situations where the abstraction fails, you would need to still understand the hidden complexity ...
- sp332 11y agoTuning a few knobs on the GC is still a heck of a lot easier than managing memory yourself.