[gclist] write barrier

Martin Jourdan Martin.Jourdan@inria.fr
Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:57:08 +0100


Dear GC'ers,

A dumb question from a novice but very interested reader of this list:
what's a "write barrier" and what role does it play in a GC?


                                        Martin Jourdan

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