Re: Fwd: What to do to get new users
Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal <[email protected]>
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Hi, On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal wrote: > >> Embarcadero tried it in Delphi, and they failed. Not surprisingly, > >> they removed again all automatic memory management. > > Maybe it was mentioned in the thread, I just glanced through it, but how > > about ARC (Automatic Reference Counting), Objective C style? > > Delphi tried and failed. IMHO it was also messy with all the "weak" > attributes. Just because Delphi failed at something... Doesn't mean we couldn't succeed. :P Or do it right. But anyway, it definitely serves as a big fat warning sign, I do agree in that. > I think it is better that people wanting GC go for the backends that > implement GC. No argument there. Charlie _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [email protected] https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal