Re: [NTLK] [OT] Computer Lanaguages (was PDFNewt)

From: Jim Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Tue Apr 16 2002 - 02:00:03 EDT

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> Second, Obj-C is not garbage-collected, and its reference counting
> scheme is slow and insufficient for even Apple's own needs (Apple
> violates reference counting internally

Is the reference counting automatic, or does the programmer have to
explicitly invoke it (is that how Apple gets away with not doing it)?

Jim

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