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0 pointspebal3y ago0 comments

C++ does not have garbage collection in the standard library, just as shared_ptr was not part of the standard library in the past. You can currently have optional garbage collection in C++: https://github.com/pebal/sgcl

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jb19913y ago· 2 in thread

C++ can do pretty much anything, but that doesn't mean that it’s typical to do so. In practice, you will never see a garbage collector in C++.

pebalOP3y ago

You may be surprised. Herb Sutter wants to add optional GC to C++ 'syntax 2'.

jb19913y ago

Sitter’s idea in that is a different matter entirely.

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