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		kaba0 on July 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reference count, don't garbage collect Why not just write embedded programs with fixed size memory allocation then if we are that okay with restricting the programs we write?

bitwize on July 29, 2022 [–]

Because maybe we're not okay with restricting the programs we write that much.

kaba0 on July 29, 2022 | [–]

Nor am I okay with restricting my programs as much as a tree-like only allocation strategy would suffice and circular data structures are not evil.

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