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Languages like Ruby, Python, Lisp and Scheme don't have good generational garbage collectors because they don't have the manpower to tackle Difficult Problems.
by DanielRibeiro 15y ago
Languages like Ruby, Python, Lisp and Scheme don't have good generational garbage collectors because they don't have the manpower to tackle Difficult Problems.
It seems that you confused language with implementation. For example: want a Ruby without GIL and with great garbage collector? Use JRuby (and this assumes we are comparing to the official one: YARV). One language, different implementations.
- gizmo 15y agoJRuby just piggybacks on Java. That doesn't invalidate my point, as far as I can tell.
- DanielRibeiro 15y agoJRuby uses the JVM. Java is the language. Same point: language != implementation. Not always, but nowadays we have many mature vms, so it is more common.