Smalltalk Reflections #008: Garbage Collection

from Smalltalk Reflections · host David Buck and Craig Latta

Smalltalk was one of the earliest programming languages to include automatic garbage collection.  In this episode, David and Craig discuss the pros and cons of garbage collection and how it works in modern Smalltalk systems. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_008.mp3 In this episode, we mention the Twitter tag #thingsPeopleBuiltWithSmalltalk https://twitter.com/hashtag/thingsPeopleBuiltWithSmalltalk?src=hash You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or email us at [email protected].  You can tweet us at @buckdk or @ccrraaiigg.

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Smalltalk was one of the earliest programming languages to include automatic garbage collection. In this episode, David and Craig discuss the pros and cons of garbage collection and how it works in modern Smalltalk systems. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_008.mp3 In this episode, we mention the Twitter tag #thingsPeopleBuiltWithSmalltalk https://twitter.com/hashtag/thingsPeopleBuiltWithSmalltalk?src=hash You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or email us at [email protected]. You can tweet us at @buckdk or @ccrraaiigg.

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