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From: clw@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com (Chris Winemiller)
Subject: Re: C++ / Smalltalk
Message-ID: <1994Dec18.194054.5137@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com>
Organization: Texas Instruments Enterprise Solutions Division
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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 19:40:54 GMT
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In article <D0xHMD.LHL@cix.compulink.co.uk> dmilne@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Dave Milne") writes:
>
>You might teach a village idiot to make a Smalltalk prog more easily
>than a C++ prog, but do you really think that any serious Smalltalker
>thinks that he can get by without understanding memory management and
>references ? I don't, what do the rest think ?

I think one must be very much aware of memory management, though not in
the same horrible detail as C++.  Example: I've written a Windows news
reader in V/Win32.  I'd have a real problem on my hand if I kept
complete in-memory copies of each NewsArticle.  Instead, I throw them
away in whole or in part, depending on how much immediate access is/is
not occuring.

Chris
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Chris Winemiller               Internet: clw@works.ti.com
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