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$(D_S Glossary,

$(DL

	$(DT COW (Copy On Write))
	$(DD COW is a memory allocation strategy where arrays are copied
	if they are to be modified.)

	$(DT GC (Garbage Collection))
	$(DD Garbage collection is the common name for the more highbrow
	term automatic memory management. Memory can be allocated and used,
	and the GC will automatically free any chunks of memory no longer
	referred to. In contrast, C and C++ use explicit memory management
	where the programmer must carefully match up each allocation with
	one and only one free.)

	$(DT Illegal)
	$(DD A code construct is illegal if it does not conform to the
	D language specification.
	This may be true even if the compiler or runtime fails to detect
	the error.)

	$(DT Implementation Defined Behavior)
	$(DD This is variation in behavior of the D language in a manner
	that is up to the implementor of the language.
	An example of implementation defined behavior would be the size in
	bytes of a pointer: on a 32 bit machine it would be 4 bytes, on
	a 64 bit machine it would be 8 bytes.
	Minimizing implementation defined behavior in the language will
	maximize the portability of code.)

	$(DT RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization))
	$(DD RAII refers to the technique of having the destructor
	of a class object called when the object goes out of scope.
	The destructor then releases any resources acquired by
	that object.
	RAII is commonly used for resources that are in short supply
	or that must have a predictable point when they are released.)

	$(DT Undefined Behavior)
	$(DD Undefined behavior happens when an illegal code construct is
	executed. Undefined behavior can include random, erratic results,
	crashes, faulting, etc.)

)

)

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	TITLE=D Programming Language - Glossary
	WIKI=Glossary