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Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime



On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Bill Bumgarner <email@hidden> wrote:

> Yes, it is an exceedingly important optimization.  Most likely, that stack
> slot is being reused by some variable later on.

I can see how this might be "exceedingly important" for deeply
recursive functions, but for the common case? Do the benefits really
outweigh the problems?

Hamish
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References: 
 >Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Bill Bumgarner <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: "Hamish Allan" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Bill Bumgarner <email@hidden>)



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