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gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com writes:
> What do you miss with unconstrained types? They don't need gc....
> String is just another unconstrained array type.

It gets messier when the data contains possibly-circular references to
other data.  If you want to program without GC for spiritual or moral
reasons, then sure, you can do it with enough effort.  If you have to
program without GC for practical reasons (it definitely imposes runtime
costs and you might be on a small system), then unlucky you, you've got
some work to do.  But if you can afford the overhead and just want to
get your program working, then GC makes life much simpler.