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Well yes, since the paper implies that creepiness boils down to unpredictable potential threat, garbage collection is very creepy. Reference counting is not cre
by kps 10y ago
Well yes, since the paper implies that creepiness boils down to unpredictable potential threat, garbage collection is very creepy. Reference counting is not creepy, though.
- naasking 10y agoReference counting pauses can actually be worse. Reference counting and tracing are duals, and only collectors that exploit properties of both avoid the worst case complexity of each. Alone they each have just as bad worst cases, just in dual scenarios.