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Your conclusion may be correct, but you're confusing "generational" GC with "copying" GC. There can be generational GCs that use freelists (eg. Boehm) and copy
by stevefolta 10y ago
Your conclusion may be correct, but you're confusing "generational" GC with "copying" GC. There can be generational GCs that use freelists (eg. Boehm) and copying GCs that are not generational (I think the first copying GC for Smalltalk was like that).