[racket] Destroy object ?

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, you don't have to send things there and you can't get the deleted data back.

hello Ted,

note that in most gc systems, you can't say "clean up X right now!"
which can be unfortunate when you are talking about trying to clean up
some X other than just memory (files, sockets, whatever else).

see, for example, IDisposable in C#. (e.g.
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20050625.asp)

sincerely (+ apologies if this was an unnecessary thing to say that
only made gc more confusing to understand, but i think it is a very
relevant thing that folks from non-gc'd languages would be curious
about.)