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The GC argument is a straw man. You can have automatic resource management without GC (actually, GC-languages like Java and C# are at odds with automatic resour

The GC argument is a straw man. You can have automatic resource management without GC (actually, GC-languages like Java and C# are at odds with automatic resource management) and without manual ownership semantics a la C++ and Rust.

andreasvc 12y ago
Can you give an example of automatic resource management without GC?
- pohl 12y ago
  Would Objective-C's ARC (where the compiler inserts retain/release calls automatically where needed) be such an example?
  - pcwalton 12y ago
    No, reference counting is just a form of GC. Rust really is unique here among industry languages.