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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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In message <iskmd5$anm$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> delete can basically also allow a VM to free stuff early, and thus
> potentially improve overall performance.

Isn’t that conceding the point that automatic garbage collection saps 
performance?