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It is optional in the sense that D's GC is also optional. Technically true but you have to go out of the way to make it work for you, average libraries off the
by ampdepolymerase 5y ago
It is optional in the sense that D's GC is also optional. Technically true but you have to go out of the way to make it work for you, average libraries off the shelf cannot be easily utilized.
- rayman22201 5y agoThis is a response to both you and the grandfather comment. Nim now has ARC/ORC, which is a reference counting scheme similar to Swift. This is not a "generational GC" like Java, Go, or D. The entire standard library and most average libraries, "just work" with it, and it will be the default near future. https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/12/08/introducing-orc.html https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/12/08/introducing-orc.html