Re: reference counting

Subject: Re: reference counting
From: &#x4E91;&#x98CE; Cloud Wu &lt;cloudwu@ ... &gt;
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:59:10 +0800

Jim <djvaios@gmail.com>于2019年4月16日周二20:20写道：

> What problem is only solved with reference counting ?

it releases resources ASAP, avoiding random stalls throughout script
execution and
thus provides a smoother runtime experience (games come to mind here).

there are algorithms that reduce these stalls
(incremental/generational garbage collection) but, given enough
objects, they will be noticeable again.

Reference counting have stalls problem, too. And not always smoother than gc. For example, releasing a very long linked list.