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0 pointsDiggsey5y ago0 comments

By that definition C++ is also garbage collected and managed. Given that C++ is oft cited as the canonical unmanaged non-GCed language, this seems like a not very useful definition.

(And you can call `alloc` and `free` from Rust, https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/alloc/fn.alloc.html)

It's also weird that you call out `Rc` specifically. `Box` also allocates and free memory, as does `Vec` and other types from the `alloc` crate.

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pjmlp5y ago

Actually, like everything in computing, it depends.

Reference counting is a form of garbage collection, as per most highly referenced CS books on the subject, like The Garbage Collection Handbook, chapter 5.

https://gchandbook.org/

But lets put that aside, considering that std::..._ptr<>() or any other variant thereof are plain optional library types.

That still leaves Unreal C++, C++/CLI, C++/CX as garbage collection extensions to C++, just like GCC C++ or clang C++ provide their own language extensions.

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/ProgrammingAndScrip...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/dotnet/dotnet-programmi...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cppcx/visual-c-language...

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