Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:3610 comp.lang.eiffel:254 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!redsox!campbell From: campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel Subject: Re: Eiffel vs. C++ -- Let's drop the garbage collection arguments Message-ID: <778@redsox.bsw.com> Date: 10 Jun 89 00:12:49 GMT References: <77300029@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <1021@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Reply-To: campbell@redsox.UUCP (Larry Campbell) Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc. Lines: 14 In article cline@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Marshall Cline) writes: - -C++ folks don't want to be FORCED to have garbage collection ALL the time. -Eiffel folks don't want to be FORCED to memory allocation ALL the time. The problem is, neither gets the choice. In C++, you CANNOT have garbage collection. In Eiffel you cannot PREVENT garbage collection. Why not give the programmer a choice? Contrast this with Modula-3, which provides GC, but makes it optional. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. campbell@bsw.com 120 Fulton Street wjh12!redsox!campbell Boston, MA 02146