Re: [Texmacs-dev] Reliable detection of pointers (C++)

[Joris van der Hoeven]

On Tue, 25 May 2004 address@hidden wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:41 am
> Subject: [Texmacs-dev] Reliable detection of pointers (C++)
> > I think that the main technical difficulty for the implementation of
> > well-adapted garbage collectors in C++ is the reliable detection of
> > all pointers in memory. I essentially see two ways for doing that
>
> I see absolutely no reason whatsoever doing this. TeXmacs is going
> astray.  If you really want a GC, then TeXmacs should have been
> implemented in Java---it doesn't run any faster than a Java based
> program anyways.
>
> TeXmacs sounds more and more like a research project to me now instead
> of something that would evolve into something useful.

OK, if you don't think the program to be useful, then why ask us
questions all the time? I just made a remark about politeness to David.
It also applies to you. If you want to discuss things with us, no problem.
But if you can not withhold yourself from making unpleasant remarks,
then you should consider suscribing to another mailing list.