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From: WOLF@UMASS-CS.CSNET ("Alexander L. Wolf")
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Subject: Garbage collection
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Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 17:24:00 EST
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I heard a rumor recently that none of the currently existing, production
quality (now we're *really* cutting the field down) Ada compilers does
garbage collection.

We are developing an Ada program that does a lot of string manipulation and
have found that the program requires a surprisingly large amount of memory
in which to run.  We are using DEC's compiler, which in almost every (other)
respect has proven outstanding.

I'd appreciate any insights...

                                                     Alex.