The first edition is a definitive reference for anyone writing a garbage collector (and by extension, exploring writing a programming language). Also people wh

The first edition is a definitive reference for anyone writing a garbage collector (and by extension, exploring writing a programming language). Also people who are interested in how GCs work. Probably less so for people trying to optimize a program to work with an existing GC (eg. tweaking the JVM), but I suppose knowing the basic principles can help.