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Subject: Re: FW: [PHP-DEV] Patch for macros for tracking refcount and is_ref
From: tony@daylessday.org (Antony Dovgal)

On 08.09.2007 19:34, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> When we all get a copy of the patch and get a chance to test it seriously we'll know more.
> I'm all in favor of having GC and very enthusiastic about this coming about but I doubt you can 
> call it well enough tested. When we made memory manager changes in the past there were bugs 
> which were only found after a public release. 

Agree, real life tests are proven to be much more effective than any synthetic one can imagine.

> Also, if GC slows certain situations down there may well be companies who would prefer to run without it.
> Facebook is probably a good example of a company where every % matters.

If these companies really do worry about this %, why don't they participate in development and/or testing?
I don't recall seeing any contributions or even feedback from Facebook or alike, do you?

If they wait for a release to test and complain, then I couldn't care less - it's just a common 
development process, bugs come and bugs go, I see no reasons why we should make an exception for 
a company that doesn't give a damn about us.

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Wbr, 
Antony Dovgal