[gclist] Name that hypothesis

[Nick Barnes]

>     >>  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."
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>     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