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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/18/07 18:26
gosha bine wrote:
> On 18.06.2007 16:15 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> gosha bine wrote:
>>> On 18.06.2007 14:11 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> gosha bine wrote:
>>>>> On 18.06.2007 04:30 Benjamin wrote:
>>>>>> On Jun 16, 3:35 am, gosha bine <stereof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Benjamin wrote:
>>>>>>>> I've heard that the Zend Engine's garage collector is not
>>>>>>>> perfect, so
>>>>>>>> can someone demonstrate how to create a memory leak in PHP?
>>>>>>> ZE doesn't use garbage collector, it implements reference counting
>>>>>>> algorithm that is notorious for its inability to handle circular
>>>>>>> references. If you have an object A that holds a reference to B,
>>>>>>> and B
>>>>>>> directly or indirectly refers back to A, neither A nor B will be
>>>>>>> freed
>>>>>>> until the script ends.
>>>>>> According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>>>>> Reference_counting), reference counting is a form of garbage
>>>>>> collecting.
>>>>>
>>>>> The nice thing about Wikipedia is that if you find wrong or
>>>>> confusing information there, you can correct it immediately. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Except in this case it is not wrong or confusing. It is a method of
>>>> garbage collection.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, I know at least two people who are already confused. ;)
>>>
>>> Before starting the next meaningless scholastic discussion about
>>> terms, make sure you do understand how GCs work and what is the
>>> difference between "tracing"/"full-automatic" GCs and reference
>>> counting.
>>>
>>
>> Believe me - I know how garbage collection works. I haven't been
>> programming longer than you've been alive without finding out.
>>
>> You really need to understand the terminology before you start telling
>> people they're wrong.
>>
>
>
> Of course, I believe you, Jerry. Everyone knows you are an experienced
> programmer and smart polemicist.
>
>
And everyone knows you're full of horse hockey.
Learn what garbage collection is - then figure it out for yourself. You
seem to think the way Java does it is the only way. It's not.
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