[gclist] Finalizers & Reference counting.

[Giuseppe Attardi]

Don't forget Joel Bartlett technique of mostly-copying
garbage collection, that applies quite well to C/C++.

Basically, it copies and compacts anything that is one
link away from roots. It also handles generations.

-- Beppe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Barnes" <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [gclist] Finalizers & Reference counting. 
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> 
> Then people largely lost interest in copying GC (because the focus of
> GC moved to C++, in which moving GC is impossible, and Java, in which
> it was very difficult).  With non-moving GC, the arguments each way
> are harder (as Hans states).
>
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> 
> Nick Barnes
>