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From:
Leopold Toetsch
Date:
August 29, 2004 02:53
Subject:
Re: perl6 garbage collector?
Message ID:
200408290920.i7T9Kng01586@thu8.leo.home
Ozgun Erdogan <ozgune@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all -

> I don't know if this is the right list for this email, but it seemed
> like the most relevant one.

You might have a look at the roadmap on ponie-dev@perl.org or
news:perl.ponie.dev.

> Currently, we're using perl-5.6.1 and are having problems with memory
> leaks - thanks to reference counting.

You'll have to break reference loops explicitely.

> I'm just curious how stable parrot's GC engine is, and how much effort
> it'd take to incorporate into perl-5.

Well, Parrot's GC system is stable but still under development. Ponie
will run above Parrot and will use garbage collection. Incorparating GC
into perl5 isn't really possible, but ponie does or will do an
equivalent job: providing a perl5-ish interpreter with GC.

> Thanks,

> Ozgun.

leo

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