[chuck-users] machine.add issue

Bruce Murphy pack-chucklist at rattus.net
Tue Jul 11 00:02:42 EDT 2006


On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:04:50PM -0400, Ge Wang wrote:
> Garbage collection has recently been elevated from "future 
> consideration"
> to "current consideration".  Actually, much has long been considered and
> even implemented, though some crucial components still need work.  We
> very much hope to have it working soon.  In general, there are ways to
> structure a program such that it gets around the need for gc, but 
> that's not
> the way it should be.

Please, please, please use one of the sensible lisp-like garbage
collection schemes rather than pure reference counting.

B>
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