Re: OT:C/C++ Opinion Poll

Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:
A language with pointers can't have garbage collection. C++ without
pointers and with garbage collection is called Java.

I think you meant, "a language with pointers that can be diddled can't
have garbage collection". For instance, Ada has pointers (called access
types), and many Ada implementations have supported garbage collection.

Even when the pointers can be diddled (e.g., C, C++), it's still
possible to the Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector or
equivalent.
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