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- From: vlad@gramercy.ios.com (Vlastimil Adamovsky)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C++ experts only
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 21:28:15 GMT
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- Pierre Ferland <pierre@meca.polymtl.ca> wrote:
- >I've been managing C++ based projects for about 5 years,
- >and still meet problems with beginners in C++ cause they
- >all jump on dangerous features C++ designers brought in
- >the language. Why the hell haven't they introduced
- >garbage collection?
-
- Not having a standard garbage collection is an advantage. If you ever
- need one, buy it. Generally you don't need it. If you think you need
- it and you think you cannot buy your favorite garbage collector
- anywhere, then use Smalltalk. It has a garbage collector.
- Simply, don't create garbage in your programs and you will not to need
- to collect it.
-
- >Why can't compilers agree on how and when
- >instantiate templates ?
- We can call it an evolution, which is to preffer to revolution.
-
- >The issue should not be C versus C++, forget about C.
- >But don't trust C++ neither.
-
- In god we trust.
-
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- * Smalltalk, C++ and Envelop development *
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