Garbage Collection in C++ — why?

Question

I keep hearing people complaining that C++ doesn\'t have garbage collection. I also hear that the C++ Standards Committee is looking at adding it to the language. I\'m afrai

Answer 1

It's an all-to-common error to assume that because C++ does not have garbage collection baked into the language, you can't use garbage collection in C++ period. This is nonsense. I know of elite C++ programmers who use the Boehm collector as a matter of course in their work.