> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan, Samuel > Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2005 3:44 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Delphi User Group > > On the contrary, I would kill for garbage collection. If .NET > was the ony place I could get garbage collection, then I > would go there just for that. However, there are Java and > many other places to get garbage collection. > > If you believe the literature (I have no quotes or > references, sorry), garbage collection is one of the biggest > improvers of developer productivity you can find. > > I don't see garbage collection as a loss of control, or > relying on someone else. I see it as freedom. Freedom from > the restrictions that tracking and managing memory manually > places upon the developer. Almost every day I think "I wish I > had garbage collection, then this would be so much more > elegant" at least once. > > Samuel > >
I agree. I used c# for 3 years and the gc was the best thing about it. The benefit of gc is that is changes the way you program. Instead of returning primiative classes, you can return complex objects without having to worry about who owns it. You don't need to write boilerpalte try catch statements just to ensure that objects are freed. I view it as similar to the difference between using pchars and strings (which are garbage collected in delphi). If delphi had gc for win 32, I would be a happy man :). Regards Sean ----------------------------- Sean Cross Systems Development CRM PO Box 230 Napier Phone: 06 835 5868 Mobile: 021 270 3466 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
