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		cogman10 on Sept 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Notes on the Crystal Language Can crystal use a moving GC or does it suffer from the same issues python has with C FFI? Also, is it possible to use RC with crystal?

straight-shoota on Sept 30, 2024 [–]

Yeah moving objects would invalidate pointers passed to external code that's not controlled by Crystal.

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