14 Feb
2002
14 Feb
'02
3:48 a.m.
Again, fragmentation is a different issue. Garbage collection involves the removal of garbage - which means blocks of memory that are no longer referenced by a pointer, but which due to neglect, have not been de-allocated (ie. memory leakage). Joe.
-----Original Message----- From: Russell Whitaker [SMTP:russ@ashlandhome.net] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:47 PM To: cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net Cc: gpc@gnu.de Subject: Re: gcc-3+
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, CBFalconer wrote:
... Pascal should not have garbage collection.
1. Does the program fragment memory? 2. If yes, what are the acceptable limits of that fragmentation? 3. Will the program terminate before those limits are reached?
One size doesn't fit all.
Russ