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Why mod someone down for asking about a generational GC?
by thescrewdriver 12y ago
Why mod someone down for asking about a generational GC?
- kristianp 12y agoMy comment was a little flip, I know, I should have asked a more friendly question. I'm wondering why it hasn't been discussed (as far as I can tell). Java has had it for ages, Ruby will have it in 2.1 and Python appears to have it as well [1]. Isn't Generational GC feasible in Go for some reason? [1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/gc.html https://docs.python.org/2/library/gc.html Edit: Here is a discussion of gc in go. Go has only just gotten a precise collector, which is a requirement of a generational gc, to allow moving pointers. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/fiOs3mGH1es https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/fiOs3mGH...
- jeltz 12y agoFYI: Ruby 2.1 has been released for some time now.
- logicchains 12y agoI've heard talk of plans for a generational, moving GC in future. It's just not something that can be implemented overnight, especially in a language with internal pointers (which Java, Ruby and Python lack).