On 10 May 2014 19:43, Xavier Bigand via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > I don't know well WP8 models, but this one must run smoothly : > http://www.nokia.com/fr-fr/mobiles/telephone-portable/lumia1320/fiche-technique/ > > Just like Android phones, the battery is huge : 3400mAh > It's the same for CPU : Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4, dual core 1,7 GHz > Only RAM seems reasonable : 1Go > > And it's maybe easier for Microsoft to do a GC with good performances cause > they control everything on the OS. There is certainly some specifics memory > management in the kernel related to the GC. When Google "just" put small > pieces together based on a linux kernel.
They don't GC. MS are behind their C++/CX now, which introduced an ARC pointer type '^'.
