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1978 called, wants its garbage collectors back

1978 called, wants its garbage collectors back

Posted Oct 11, 2008 9:24 UTC (Sat) by anomalizer (subscriber, #53112)
In reply to: 1978 called, wants its garbage collectors back by i3839
Parent article: The Kernel Hacker's Bookshelf: UNIX Internals

If you are interested in GC options in general, try reading up about the various GC developments that have been happening in the Java world. Things have moved a long way from reference counting algoithms. The caveat of course is that what works for Java is not going to work for the kernel.


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