Quote: garbage collection simplifies interfaces; neither client nor implementation frees allocated references; e.g., Modula-3's required interface for Text

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Another great benefit of garbage collection is that … has the responsibility for freeing each allocated reference, … in complexity. For example, Modula-3 supports text strings … approach would not be nearly as attractive.   Google-1   Google-2

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