Researchers tend to call them Reference Counted Garbage Collectors. Here is a random example that actually recommends the opposite (RC in old generations, mark

Researchers tend to call them Reference Counted Garbage Collectors. Here is a random example that actually recommends the opposite (RC in old generations, mark and sweep in the young generation): https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-36579-6_14 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-36579-6_14