Hi! Am 25.01.12 15:43, schrieb D.Theisen: > How did you handle the reference counting vs. Garbage Collection > chasm?
I punted on it. GNUstep already had GC support at the time, and it was upcoming on Mac OS X. I didn't foresee the restrictions imposed by iOS. :) I did consider integrating Boehm GC into the Lisp part of the system. My assessment was that it would be pretty easy to have it operate on top of the reference counting that the Cocoa framework does. The only problem it couldn't solve automatically would be circular references created by Objective-C code, but I see no way of avoiding those in any case. In effect, what Toilet Lisp does is automatic reference counting. I hear that Apple now recommends something similar when writing Objective-C code, except that their approach is significantly more configurable. Matthias -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
