> The problem with garbage collection is that it doesn't work for other kinds of...

		pphysch on Sept 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why you might want async in your project > The problem with garbage collection is that it doesn't work for other kinds of resources than memory Why is that a "problem with GC"? Abstracting away >90% of resource management (i.e. local memory) is a significant benefit. It's like saying the "problem with timesharing OS" is that it doesn't address 100% of concurrency/parallelism needs.

I think a charitable reading would be that by "problem" they meant "limitation".