Garbage collection helps programmers the way training wheels help cyclists. The analogy is pretty much exact.
@firstdrafthell @samskivert So the only tradeoff that I've seen is "coder doesn't want to learn how to do memory management" or something?
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@firstdrafthell@samskivert Which isn't a _code_ tradeoff, it's a practice tradeoff, which is not what "tradeoff" is supposed to mean :( -
@cmuratori@firstdrafthell@samskivert Automatic memory management is a requirement for memory safety, which has useful security properties. - Show replies
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@cmuratori@firstdrafthell If you really believe that, then your programming experience is incredibly narrow. Not meant as an insult.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori@firstdrafthell But it's basically impossible to discuss GC trade offs when you've never developed anything but games.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori@firstdrafthell That sounds like semantic hedging. Engineering tradeoffs are what we are talking about. The whole enchilada.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori@samskivert I spend my time 50/50 in managed vs unmanaged languages... You are quick about making assumptions.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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