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How to re-implement the GC?
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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@g...> |
| Subject: | RE: [Caml-list] Re: How to re-implement the GC? |
> Other GC algorithm for Java/C# often made the assumption of long-living > objects with mutation. This is not the case for OCaml. They do favour mutation and, consequently, have cheaper write barriers but both the JVM and CLR use pointer-bumping minor heaps for the first "nursery" generation to collect short-lived objects efficiently, just like OCaml. Cheers, Jon.