On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Michael Ash <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Lorenzo Thurman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Why can't iPhone apps use GC? Is it resources? Performance? Some > combination > > of the two or other reasons altogether? > > Just curious, thanks. > > I know that this will be unsatisfying, but the real reason that iPhone > apps can't use GC is because Apple has not yet made GC available for > the iPhone. > > Anything further would be pure speculation, because Apple doesn't talk > about things like that. > Actually, the documentation is quite specific on the subject. http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/WhatIsCocoa/WhatIsCocoa.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002974-CH3-SW76 iPhone OS Note: For performance reasons, garbage collection is not allowed in Cocoa applications running on iPhone OS. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
