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Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers

204 points · 90 comments · birdculture

  1. theamk · · focus · HN ↗
    > 5.1. Remember to free the class instances

    > The class instances have to be manually freed, otherwise you get memory leaks.

    manual memory management in 2026?

    1. pjmlp · · focus · HN ↗
      See the euphoria towards Zig, Jai, Odin,...
      1. rzmmm · · focus · HN ↗
        And rust...
        1. pjmlp · · focus · HN ↗
          Whilw there is a certain hype, Rust has affine types to prevent use after free, based on Cyclone type system, which AT&T was researching as C replacement, contrary to the list above.
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