I would say no, as those languages do not ordinarily have garbage 
collection.

On Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:03:13 AM UTC-5, Matt Moohyun Shin wrote:
>
> Can it be also applied to the C/C++ ?
>
> On Monday, January 18, 2010 10:24:01 PM UTC+9, vivekkm wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Weak reference objects, do not prevent their referents from being made
>> finalizable, finalized, and then reclaimed. An example usage is in an
>> application that is high on processing of images and you do not want
>> to load an image from file system every time. so, you want to build a
>> cache of images in the application. So, use weak references for
>> accessing images in the cache.
>>
>> Each ordinary reference in Java is a strong reference. Strong
>> reference objects prevent the GC from removing the object, if it is
>> reachable with a chain of strong references.
>>
>> I found more details here: 
>> http://saeedsiam.blogspot.com/2009/02/weakreference-what-is-that.html
>>
>> br,
>> vivek.
>>
>> ly niu wrote:
>> > Hi friends:
>> > During reading the Android code, I am unclear about the strong 
>> reference and
>> > weak reference in Refbase.h.
>> >
>> > who can give a summary about the strong reference and weak reference? 
>> What
>> > is the difference and what is the usage in different condition?
>> >
>> > Another what is the difference between OBJECT_LIFETIME_FOREVER and
>> > OBJECT_LIFETIME_WEAK?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Regards
>>
>>

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