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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C? (2017) by kevinmgranger on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:50PM (#16586754)
In what way do you need to understand the GC before using it? The only thing I can think of is avoiding circular references.
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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C? (2017) by Retric on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:31PM (#16587130)
GC can cause a lot of issues if you care about how exactly long something takes.

Like all abstractions there are corner cases that force you to deal with the underlying complexity.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C? (2017) by LaGrange on Thursday March 15, 2018 @08:19AM (#16592161)
Go ahead and allocate and deallocate lots of tiny objects in a short period of time. Depending on GC, you'll either run out of memory, or grind down to a halt.
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