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C has a variety of garbage collectors, here's one: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ I wonder if it'
by jawngee 18y ago
C has a variety of garbage collectors, here's one:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
I wonder if it's really more of an intimidation factor than anything (and I'm not saying this to be a jerk, I am truly curious why people have the perception that C is such a nightmare to maintain).
- jshen 18y agoAre you suggesting that you can be as productive in C as I can be in ruby? If not then you answered your own question. Second, are those garbage collectors widely used in C code and if not why?
- gnaritas 18y agoAgain, you're looking at best case. Talk to us when GC is mandatory, not optional, because until then, we'll still have to work with C code that can't be trusted because it may not use a GC. To folks who want higher level languages, CG is not an optional feature, it's a core part of the language.