Re: Larry Wall, on Tcl

Alan Anderson wrote:
Darren New <dnew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Cameron Laird wrote:
EIAS isn't a good thing?
It has its drawbacks. Like, no garbage collection of referenced objects.

What is a "referenced object" and why should I care?

Because garbage collection is good? Especially of external resources like file handles? If everything is a string, you have no pointers, and hence no garbage collection.

I write long-running, robust software in Tcl. It would be enhanced by the ability to use OO features without mistakes leading to leaks, for example.

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