Subj : Re: OO compilers and efficiency
To   : comp.programming
From : Richard Heathfield
Date : Thu Jul 21 2005 07:53 pm

Scott Moore wrote:

> Jon Harrop wrote:
>> 
>> For most programming, C# and Java are improvements over C++ (language
>> interoperability, real GC etc.).
>> 
> 
> Sorry, but what is the "GC" everyone is referring to ?

Garbage Collection - the automatic reclaiming of dynamically-allocated 
memory to which the program no longer has a reference.

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