Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!news4.ner.bbnplanet.net!news3.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!netcom8.netcom.com!haahr
From: haahr@netcom.com (Paul Haahr)
Subject: Re: Extension/Scripting language comparisons
In-Reply-To: tan@tesla.ee.rochester.edu's message of 7 Jul 1995 18:44:18 -0400
To: tan@tesla.ee.rochester.edu (Chak Tan)
Message-ID: <HAAHR.95Jul10095841@netcom8.netcom.com>
Sender: haahr@netcom8.netcom.com
Organization: NETCOM On-line services
References: <3thlus$isi@hpbab.wv> <ALAN.95Jul7023601@parsley.lcs.mit.edu>
	<3tkdc2$4jv@tesla.ee.rochester.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 08:58:41 GMT
Lines: 10

Chak Tan <tan@tesla.ee.rochester.edu> wrote:

>     AB> Heck, if everything is a string, you don't even need a garbage
>     AB> collector!  Furthermore, everything else in a modern computer
> 
> Can you explain this to me?  How does using only strings eliminate the
> need for a garbage collector?  I'll have to think about this one.

Strings can't have circular references, so reference counting or one
copy per string works fine.
