On 3/16/2012 1:52, Invisible wrote:
> On 15/03/2012 11:17 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> On 3/15/2012 9:20, Invisible wrote:
>>> And of course, if GC was in the OS, then you wouldn't have this
>>> situation of
>>
>> You also wouldn't need finalizers.
>
> Yeah you would. The OS doesn't magically "know" that a specific object is
> holding a specific external resource.

If your OS is garbage-collected, it's not an "external" resource, now is it?

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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