Daniel Hagerty wrote: > > From: Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:26:51 -0600 > > > > Here is the catch, he is right and you are not. > > The topic is the evilness of threading and how it relates to > spl(). You are welcome to offer actual content on the subject. Proof > by violent assertion is a waste of everybody's time.
However, the reaction of someone who has been there, particularly when the reaction is violent, speaks volumes. > > In case you were humour impaired, I was not seriously claiming > that everything in the world ought to be GCed. That makes about as > much sense as claiming that the processes and pipes model of > concurrent programming is the only one that should be used. I'm not > claiming the former, but some seem to be claiming the latter despite > sitting in front of a counterproof. > Three ways of operation: You can pick up after yourself. You can die before you run out of room. You can have something garbage collect. Having something automatically garbage collect requires some means of mechanically telling the difference between garbage and non-garbage. Everything in LISP and garbage collection in a real-time control system (ethelyene tower should serve nicely) Ultimately, one way or another, seems like everything does get garbage collected.
