Multi core has been standard several years, even on tablets now. And usually the total load on the system has cores to spare which can run GC without slowing down anything. GC = multi core optimized. native allocation/deallocation = single core optimized.

> I blame OOP as one of the reasons for the increasing bloat of software. Not in the same ball park as BASIC, java & .net.

MS defines sale as "sold to store and put in gigantic stock". As seen with xbox1/2. As seen with Zune. As seen with vista. It's untrustworthy figures to compare to other companies sales to *consumers*.

This practice should be made illegal.

Until HTML6 is released.