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It does mean that in a short period your heap will be a knotted spaghetti of objects with virtually pessimal locality as you chase pointers around the loop.
by RodgerTheGreat 4y ago
It does mean that in a short period your heap will be a knotted spaghetti of objects with virtually pessimal locality as you chase pointers around the loop.
- oecumena 4y agoThat's true, the worst case is bad. But if mutator locality of reference is reasonable, the scanner will preserve it. After all, Baker rejected his earlier copying design for a reason.