On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, John Tobey wrote: > "Benjamin Stuhl" <sho_pi@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: John Tobey <jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org> > > >1. using (explicit) refcounts or mark-and-sweep all-the-way-baby? > > > > Got to, to preserve consistant destruction sematics (at least, until the > > mess currently referred to as "global destruction"). > > Right. Then all the more: Why?? > Why not? If someone wants to do it, I say go for it. Thats the idea behind having an open backend. No skin off of our back (yours, actually), and they get a little more freedom to do what they want. The ultimate TMTOWTDI. --Brock