From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-02-22T00:42:36+09:00
Subject: Re: GC error ?

On 2/20/08, Eliot Miranda <eliotm@pacbell.net> wrote:

> In my day they were called libraries.  Now its called "wikipedia".
>
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29

I hadn't seen this article before, a quick skim and I'd say it looks
like a decent survey, although I'd like to see a little more credit
given to some of the GC innovators:

   Henry Baker,
   Dave Ungar
   Eliot Miranda ?

>  But efore you read up, ask yourself how you *think* it might work.  One
>  hint.  Its paradoxical.  To first collect garbage you could identify
>  everything you don't wan to throw away.

Yes indeed, unless you want a potentially unpleasant surprise!  Far
worse for a GC to throw away non-garbage than not to throw away all
garbage.
-- 
Rick DeNatale

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