[gclist] Name that hypothesis

[Henry G. Baker]

> >     >>  What is the name of the following hypothesis?
> >     >> 
> >     >> "Most references in a system point backwards in time, i.e. from
> >     >> younger objects to older objects."
> [...]
> >     Darius> "Nick Barnes International Garbage Collection Conjecture"
> >     Darius> sounds great to me ... :-)
> > 
> > Actually I think it is called the generational hypothesis.
> 
> I use "generational hypothesis" for this:
> 
> 	"Most objects die young".
> 
> Nick Barnes

As I have tried to explain many times, this statement is ambiguous/ill-defined.

See below for clarification:

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/YoungGen.html  (also .ps.Z)

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