[Shootout-list] Re: Shootout-list digest, Vol 1 #260 - 9 msgs

[Joseph Huang]

> From: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:54:13 +0200
> To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>,
>         shootout <shootout-list@lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: [Shootout-list] Stuff
>=20
> skaller,
>=20
>  > Not entirely Some efficient algorithms require a garbage
>  > collector. FPLs such as Ocaml and Haskell provide one,
>=20
> I certainly do not agree. A garbage collector is certainly slower
> than a simple hand-written reference counter. And I don't see
> why a garbage collector would make an algorithm implementation
> faster !!!!
>=20
> Pascal.

I disagree, see http://www.digitalmars.com/d/garbage.html