[gclist] Two conservative collectors

[Michael Spertus]

>
>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:36:15 -0800
>From: "Boehm, Hans" <hboehm@exch.hpl.hp.com>
>Subject: RE: [gclist] Two conservative collectors
>
>[I'm the primary author of the other collector.  Disclaimers similar to
>Mike's apply.]
>
>I think Mike presented the trade-off well.  I'd just like to add a couple of
>minor
>points:
>
>- - This isn't really relevant to the original question, but there is
>generally a difference in platform support between the two collectors.
>Geodesic has invested a lot of energy into win32, and they support the major
>commercial Unix variants.  I have a lot less resources to invest, but I tend
>to
>get code contributions to support open source and many more esoteric
>platforms.
>My own development these days is mostly on Linux, which I believe Geodesic
>doesn't
>support (??).
>
In fact, we have announced Linux support, although not for all flavors. See
http://www.geodesic.com/company/linux.html for more info.

Michael Spertus                            mps@geodesic.com
Geodesic Systems                           (312) 832-2039
414 N Orleans, Suite 410                   http://www.geodesic.com
Chicago, IL 60610