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This is one of my favorite resources on garbage collection techniques. It's opinionated in favor of the tried-and-true approaches (generational tracing GC), whi
by pcwalton 9y ago
This is one of my favorite resources on garbage collection techniques. It's opinionated in favor of the tried-and-true approaches (generational tracing GC), which is a very welcome stance.
- geocar 9y agoYou might find Baker's thoughts on Generational GC interesting[1]. [1]: http://home.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/YoungGen.html http://home.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/YoungGen.html
- pcwalton 9y agoAll that shows is that, theoretically, one can come up with a system in which generational GC is counterproductive despite a high infant mortality rate. That is not an argument that generational GC is a bad idea in practice, and the article is clear not to make that argument.