[swift-evolution] What about garbage collection?

[Pierre Monod-Broca]

I also believe efficiency is always important.

Computers tends to get smaller rather than faster. Smartphones, smartwatches, internet of things…

-- 
Pierre



> Le 10 févr. 2016 à 22:42, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
> 
> 
>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 1:08 AM, Craig Cruden via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> - arguments regarding energy efficiency, memory efficiency, or more generally hardware limitations seem to me rather short-sighted, as in “640 KB or RAM should be enough for all times to come” (original design decision by IBM for the PC). Is Swift a language designed for todays hardware? Or is it supposed to outlast it a wee bit?
>> 
>> For the foreseeable future - energy efficiency is a very real and important factor.  Battery technology (as compared to other technology) is not moving quickly, so being efficient is important.  
> 
> Efficiency is always important, and if you haven’t noticed, computers aren’t getting significantly faster anymore.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> _______________________________________________
> swift-evolution mailing list
> swift-evolution at swift.org
> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/attachments/20160222/ee15468b/attachment.html>