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What meaning does "managed" have to you? I wasn't aware of a generic meaning. A virtual-machine-based language that happens to include garbage collection?
by delackner 17y ago
What meaning does "managed" have to you? I wasn't aware of a generic meaning. A virtual-machine-based language that happens to include garbage collection?
- barrkel 17y agoGenerally it means type-safe and memory-safe, at least by default; is not usually precompiled (in practice precompilation is avoided for linking flexibility); and has a runtime which is at least nominally independent of the programs that run on it, e.g. that would need separate installation if not packaged as part of a larger environment. The combination of type and memory safety usually requires a garbage collector, though it's not strictly necessary.