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[Miro:]

:(I consider GC to be the key feature of a MUD language, after
:incredible ammount of time wasted on tracing leaks, bad access,
:and similar problems. C++ constructors and destructors alleviate
:this problem, but if you run out of luck, not even Purify will
:save you.)

Is that in the MUD language, or the language used to implement the MUD?

Neither of mine has a garbage collector. The implementation language is
like C with syntax. The MUD language has types like strings, lists, tables,
etc. mostly stored in the database (not strings, which are not use-
counted). When a db entity's usecount goes to zero, it is deleted, and
the use-counts of anything it points at decremented, etc.

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Chris Gray   cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA

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<LI><strong><A NAME="00758" HREF="msg00758.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 08:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00772" HREF="msg00772.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 15:41 GMT
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Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 00:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00780" HREF="msg00780.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 00:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00778" HREF="msg00778.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 00:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00797" HREF="msg00797.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 05:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00856" HREF="msg00856.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>, 
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 01:24 GMT
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Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 01:08 GMT
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Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 01:36 GMT
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