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It also simplifies garbage collection. Rather than having to stop the world for garbage collection, it happens on a per-process basis. Additionally, if a proce
by true_religion 11y ago
It also simplifies garbage collection. Rather than having to stop the world for garbage collection, it happens on a per-process basis.
Additionally, if a process terminates before a garbage collection cycle is run the VM just reclaims all of its memory without any additional computation needed.