alt Hacker NewsExactly, the Venn diagram of programmers using c/c++ and programmers who can use a garbage collector for their workload is two circles.
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brucehoult • today at 1:37 AM
Definitely not true. I've been using Boehm GC with my C/C++ programs for decades — since the 90s, at least.
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pizlonator • yesterday at 11:03 PM
Except for:
- Me. I'm a C++ programmer.
- Any C++ programmer who has added a GC to their C++ program. (Like the programmers who used the web browser you're using right now.)
- Folks who are already using Fil-C.
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A lot of C++ programmers use C++ and garbage collection daily because their C++ compiler uses a tracing garbage collector.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Type-Information.html