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What makes you think GC doesn't need atomic operations? Most need write barriers, inject safe points into loops, and other such things that certainly aren't fre
by xenadu02 10y ago
What makes you think GC doesn't need atomic operations? Most need write barriers, inject safe points into loops, and other such things that certainly aren't free.
- pcwalton 10y agoWrite barriers don't happen on every read, while reference count manipulation does.