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		lisper on Sept 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Questions Yes, but refcounting is there because it is impossible to build a proper GC in portable C.

hexomancer on Sept 30, 2018 [–]

Can you elaborate on this?

lisper on Sept 30, 2018 | [–]

You can't trace the stack in portable C.

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