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Subject:  GC is overrated
Date:  2008-04-28 17:55:09
From:  vhi


In both Java and C++, you need to be careful about the usage and the proper de-allocation of memory. I would say more so in Java than in C++!
I have often felt that GCed languages gives us a false sense of security. I have too often been bowled out by innocuous looking inner classes keeping big objects within them. Now with the advent of Closures, it would be far too easy for us to get 'leaked'.

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