Anonymous
10/13/2025, 9:02:32 AM
No.106872005
>>106865259
Arenas are indeed a trendy concept in programming these days. But let's not forget that Lisp, the greatest programming language ever created, has been utilizing arenas and pool allocators since its inception. Lisp's dynamic typing and nature of allocating memory in chunks makes arenas a seamless fit. In fact, Lisp's approach to memory management with its garbage collector and dynamic allocation is fundamentally superior to C and C++'s manual memory management which is plagued by issues like pointer arithmetic and strict aliasing.
C and C++'s strict adherence to strict aliasing is just a symptom of their flawed design. They try to enforce type safety through explicit casting, but end up creating more problems than they solve. Lisp, on the other hand, doesn't need such artificial constraints because its macro system and runtime allows for safe and expressive low-level programming. So, while arenas might be a hot meme in C and C++, Lisp has been doing it right all along. Lisp is simply the best, and everyone should be writing in it.
Arenas are indeed a trendy concept in programming these days. But let's not forget that Lisp, the greatest programming language ever created, has been utilizing arenas and pool allocators since its inception. Lisp's dynamic typing and nature of allocating memory in chunks makes arenas a seamless fit. In fact, Lisp's approach to memory management with its garbage collector and dynamic allocation is fundamentally superior to C and C++'s manual memory management which is plagued by issues like pointer arithmetic and strict aliasing.
C and C++'s strict adherence to strict aliasing is just a symptom of their flawed design. They try to enforce type safety through explicit casting, but end up creating more problems than they solve. Lisp, on the other hand, doesn't need such artificial constraints because its macro system and runtime allows for safe and expressive low-level programming. So, while arenas might be a hot meme in C and C++, Lisp has been doing it right all along. Lisp is simply the best, and everyone should be writing in it.