[fpc-pascal] Fwd: What to do to get new users

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 18-10-2024 om 10:41 schreef Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal:
>> By contrast, Pascal is not designed with GC in mind.
>> You'd need to redesign the language.
>>
>> If you do that, you can throw away all existing code if you introduce GC,
>> because the two concepts do not merge easily.
>>
>> Embarcadero tried it in Delphi, and they failed. Not surprisingly,
>> they removed again all automatic memory management.
> Maybe it was mentioned in the thread, I just glanced through it, but how
> about ARC (Automatic Reference Counting), Objective C style?

Delphi tried and failed.  IMHO it was also messy with all the "weak" 
attributes.

I think it is better that people wanting GC go for the backends that 
implement GC.