That depends on the GC’s traversal strategy, I think. If you assume that linked lists are implemented as in lisps (a pair of pointers), then if you traverse the

That depends on the GC’s traversal strategy, I think. If you assume that linked lists are implemented as in lisps (a pair of pointers), then if you traverse the head pointer before the tail pointer, the compacting GC will tend to spread the linked list out over time.