In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carl Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Feb 24, 7:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>(3) Garbage collection is at least as desirable a language feature as >>>deterministic destruction. >> >> Enh. There probably are some people who claim that, but I can't think >> of any off-hand. > >I am most certainly claiming it; in fact I'm claiming that GC far more >desirable, because the cost of deterministic destruction is too high.
I'm trimming the rest of your post because I don't have time to argue with you, but I want to point out that you're making the same mistake that Jeff is: garbage collection and deterministic destruction are not the only techniques for managing memory and resources. In particular, CPython primarily relies on reference counting, which has similarities with *both* GC and deterministic destruction. Now you know why I said that I don't know anybody who makes Jeff's claim. ;-) -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
