Re:Why I Don't Want to Learn Go
by anamax on Monday March 19, 2012 @11:59AM
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> It use reference counting which should have a more predictable memory handling behaviour.
Correct reference counting in multi-threaded code running on a multi-core machine adds significant cost to a simple pointer copy (aka "add reference").
Correct reference counting in multi-threaded code running on a multi-core machine adds significant cost to a simple pointer copy (aka "add reference").