Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!gatech!hubcap!billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) Newsgroups: comp.sw.components Subject: Re: Real-time Garbage Collection Message-ID: <6599@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 27 Sep 89 00:12:27 GMT References: <130200013@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu Lines: 27 From johnson@p.cs.uiuc.edu: > In fact, I don't believe that managed and unmanaged storage paradigm > should coexist in one program. You should either use components that > use automatic garbage collection or components that do not. While it > is possible to link C code to Lisp or Smalltalk, it is always tricky > and error prone. Since Ada components can coexist with no difficulty, this is not a true statement in general. > Automatic garbage collection prevents storage crises. The system I > use generate an exception if it runs out of memory in spite of a > garbage collection, but I wouldn't dream of trying to handle that > automatically. Those who write embedded systems would tend to disagree. > [The cost is only 5%] At what cost in terms of extra space requirements? > [Real-time GC is coming, Real Soon Now] When it gets there, let me know. Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu