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Re: implementation strategy (was Re: Working Group Proposal)

From:
Brock
Date:
July 20, 2000 14:34
Subject:
Re: implementation strategy (was Re: Working Group Proposal)


On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, John Tobey wrote:

> "Benjamin Stuhl" <sho_pi@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > From: John Tobey <jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org>
> > >1. using (explicit) refcounts or mark-and-sweep all-the-way-baby?
> > 
> > Got to, to preserve consistant destruction sematics (at least, until the 
> > mess currently referred to as "global destruction").
> 
> Right.  Then all the more: Why??
> 

Why not? If someone wants to do it, I say go for it. Thats the idea behind
having an open backend. No skin off of our back (yours, actually), and
they get a little more freedom to do what they want. The ultimate
TMTOWTDI.

--Brock




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