Objective-C v2.0 (which is what the mac uses) got a new feature, Garbage Collection. I'm a kid on a Linux PC (Ubuntu in case your wondering). So my question is, using the gcc/g++ compiler is Objective-C Garbage Collected?
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No, garbage collection for Objective-C is only available on Macs; it hasn't been added to the GNU version of the language.
mipadi
2009-03-21 02:01:38
I keep getting downvotes for this periodically; I'd be happy to delete the answer if the OP would kindly accept the correct answer below.
mipadi
2010-07-09 16:54:03
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If you are refereing to Gnustep Objective-C. I think you have to build gnustep with gc enabled and linked to some gc library. But if you do apt-get install it comes built like that.
Vasil
2009-03-21 02:02:50
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Replies above are wrong. Garbage collection has been a part of gcc's implementation of Objective-C since at least gcc 2.95. The most recent version is gcc 4.4.1.
naasking
2009-10-12 16:27:49