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Xcode Update Gives Objective-C Garbage Collection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the alternate-tuesdays-bin-by-curb dept.

William Henderson writes "That's right, if you haven't read it for yourself yet, Objective-C '2.0' now supports garbage collection. I foresee a great, huge, gigantic debate about to ensue, and a lot of java-heads sparking 'I told you so'. Why not start it here on slashdot?"

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  1. uh, neat.... by DrunkBastard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, let me be the first to enter the, "Guess I'm not using Objective-C" camp. Adding garbage collecting to this language is just a continuation of the "throw more resources at it and it'll all work just fine" mentality that exists in modern application design. Yes, the ease of use of garbage collecting has it's uses for the quick fire and forget projects and one time use apps. But other than that, bah I say!