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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: High level C
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:08:59 -0700
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Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> writes:
> On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:39:29 -0700
> Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> writes:
[...]
>> > Wrong.  Finalizers are useless for resource management as
>> > conservative GC is non deterministic.  Finalizers are only good for
>> > debugging purposes...  
>> 
>> That is a gross overstatement. 
>
> That overstatement is not mine. I heard it lot of times...
[...]

It's a statement you made without attribution or qualification.

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