Rhamphoryncus <rha...@gmail.com> writes: > IMO it's possible to rewrite only the core while keeping the refcount > API for external compatibility, but a tracing GC API in portable C is > hideous.
It's done all the time for other languages, and is less hassle than the incref/decref stuff and having to remember the difference between owned and borrowed references, etc. > Enough to make me want to find or make a better implementation language. There is a lot to be said for this, including the self-respect that comes from a language being able to host its own implementation. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
