Re: iPhone and GC
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Michael Ash michael@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Lorenzo Thurman lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote: Why can't iPhone apps use GC? Is it resources? Performance? Some combination of the two or other reasons altogether? Just curious, thanks. I know that this will be unsatisfying, but the real reason that iPhone apps can't use GC is because Apple has not yet made GC available for the iPhone. Anything further would be pure speculation, because Apple doesn't talk about things like that. Actually, the documentation is quite specific on the subject. http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/WhatIsCocoa/WhatIsCocoa.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002974-CH3-SW76 iPhone OS Note: For performance reasons, garbage collection is not allowed in Cocoa applications running on iPhone OS. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
iPhone and GC
Why can't iPhone apps use GC? Is it resources? Performance? Some combination of the two or other reasons altogether? Just curious, thanks. --My break-dancing days are over, but there's always the funky chicken The Full Monty ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: iPhone and GC
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Lorenzo Thurman lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote: Why can't iPhone apps use GC? Is it resources? Performance? Some combination of the two or other reasons altogether? Yes. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: iPhone and GC
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Lorenzo Thurman lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote: Why can't iPhone apps use GC? Is it resources? Performance? Some combination of the two or other reasons altogether? Just curious, thanks. I know that this will be unsatisfying, but the real reason that iPhone apps can't use GC is because Apple has not yet made GC available for the iPhone. Anything further would be pure speculation, because Apple doesn't talk about things like that. Mike ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
