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pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · 2019-07-08 09:04:47+00:00

> except C, C++, and sometimes Objective-C

I would put C++ also as sometimes.

RC is part of the standard library, although optional, strings and vectors might use COW and since C++11 there is a tracing GC API, Windows COM/UWP relies on RC, and Unreal uses a C++ tracing GC on Blueprint integration components.

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kragen | karma 31428 | avg karma 2.09 · 2019-07-08 17:09:33+00:00

And I guess libgc (the Boehm–Demers–Weiser GC) has been around since the early 1990s. I wasn't considering reference-counting as GC.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · 2019-07-08 18:19:24

Except it is, from CS point of view.

kragen | karma 31428 | avg karma 2.09 · 2019-07-08 20:09:13

We've used the term "garbage collection" in different ways over the years. Some of them include reference counting; others don't. Yes, in CS.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · 2019-07-08 20:52:48+00:00

I rather refer to canonical CS references like "The Garbage Collection Handbook".