A quote from REAL Software's own web site: " REALbasic¹s object-oriented BASIC language supports object events, properties, methods, classes, inheritance and polymorphism. It is also a strongly typed language, which makes applications more reliable. Memory management is handled automatically through garbage collection"
You are correct in how the garbage collection process works. The REALbasic garbage collector is the software included in every REALbasic compiled app ( call it the runtime or framework ) which carries out the deletion of the object once the reference count reaches zero. This is how many garbage collectors work. Smart pointers in C++ apps often work in the same manner. I think this is semantic splitting hairs really but the fact is that to collect garbage one must have garbage collection software ( ie a garbage collector) somewhere in the code, either integrated into the language, as in the case of RB and Java, or as a "bolt" on, as in the case of the Boehm C++ garbage collector. When working on GC for Squirt some years back, I found the following wiki very helpful as a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science) On 5/1/07 19:44, "Norman Palardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 05, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Daniel Stenning wrote: > >> No garbage collection ?? >> >> I think what you mean is that RB uses a garbage collector that >> utilises the >> reference counting method. > > NO garbage collection > When a reference count = 0 the object is deleted immediately > > Java has a garbage collector > RB does not > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
