== Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org)'s article > dsimcha wrote: > > == Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org)'s article > >> It is a bad idea because distinguishing between release of (expensive) > >> resources from dangerous memory recycling is the correct way to obtain > >> deterministic resource management within the confines of safety. > > > > This is based on two faulty assumptions: > > > > 1. Memory is cheap. (Not if you are working with absurd amounts of data). > > 2. Garbage collection is never a major bottleneck. (Sometimes it's a > > worthwhile > > tradeoff to add a few manual delete statements to code and sacrifice some > > safety > > for making the GC run less often.) > malloc. > Andrei
Kludge. Requires using two separate heaps (inefficient) and worrying about whether your stuff is manually freed on all code paths, not just the ones that are executed often enough for performance to matter.
