From: Mark Phillips <umphill5 AT cs DOT umanitoba DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Another question about C++
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:52:46 -0500
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> " C++ does not support garbage collection. This is
> compensated for, however, by enabling a type to
> maintain its own storage management without requiring
> intervention by a user"
> 
> well... what does garbage collection mean??

ooh i know this one!

garbage collection is a way to prevent memory leaks/simplify memory
management.  all it does is automatically free any block of memory which
no pointer points to.  java i think is the most well known language that
uses garbage collection.

mark