[gclist] Thread safe GC
stuart
stuart@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:45:56 +1200
> What happens when you run on a true multiprocessor? Sure, the
> collector has the highest priority and so grabs one processor for
> itself. But other other threads happily run on the other processors,
> and the whole thing falls to the ground in a clatter.
You are, of course, correct. My idea fails completely in the true
multiprocessor environment.
stuart
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