Just curious: Does this do anything to avoid the need to explicitly close resources in a garbage collected environment? (IE, the Disposable pattern in C# / .Net)

Specifically, when I work in a reference-counted environment, if an object has a resource, like an open file, or a socket, I don't need to do anything special when I'm done with that object. The reference count predictably drops when I'm done with the object, and its destructor cleans up its resources.

In contrast, because garbage collection is non-deterministic, in a garbage collected environment, I have to use extra special care when an object uses a resource (file, socket, ect,) that needs to be released at a predictable moment.

Because: If, in a garbage collected environment, the rule of thumb is to "make sure you don't have circular references to your resources, (files, sockets, ect,)" this would dramatically simplify resource (not memory) management!