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Re:For Better Computing, Liberate CPUs from Garbage Collection by rayiner on Thursday May 09, 2019 @02:17PM (#19870708)
Fair enough. But with the vector approach, now you can have something that looks a lot like a use-after-free error!
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Re:For Better Computing, Liberate CPUs from Garbage Collection by pcwalton on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:58PM (#19872357)
Yes, you can, but it doesn't result in type confusion, which reduces its severity.
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