Re: Do garbage collected languages need destructors?

From: H. S. Lahman (h.lahman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:02:36 GMT

Responding to Wendel...

> I need some input on a simple question:
> Do garbage collected languages need destructors?

No. There are <rather rare> situations where one needs to ensure
referential intergity when the life of an object /must/ be limited in
the execution time frame. In that case a destructor can be handly for
centralizing the dereferencing. However, it is not mandatory because
the developer can accomplish the same thing by removing references
wherever the life cycle constraint comes into play.

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