In Ruby GC just works dandy without thought. Why is it so different in Cocoa Obj2.0? What kinda of real headaches will I have jumping into osx programing compared to ruby ?
On 3/24/08, Bill Cheeseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 2008-03-24 10:32 AM, Scott Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Over time, there will be more code able to take advantage of the > > Garbage Collector, but I think it will be some time before it's > > ubiquitous enough to remove the retain/release memory management > > scheme from the literature. > > Let me be one of the first to say that the Emperor has no clothes. > > What I mean is, for those of us who are already fully comfortable with > reference counting, it's easier than learning the nuances and limitations of > garbage collection. Frankly, reading the garbage collection docs scares me > to death because of all the nooks and crannies where you apparently have to > be careful, while I can code retain/release with my eyes shut. I'm sure I'll > eventually get comfortable with garbage collection, but I do hope that > reference counting doesn't go away. > > I've written a Cocoa framework that is intended to be usable with both > retain/release and garbage collection (and 32-bit and 64-bit). But I don't > know whether I did it right, and I have no idea how to go about finding out. > > -- > > Bill Cheeseman - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA > www.quecheesoftware.com > > PreFab Software - www.prefabsoftware.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/colo0logo%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
