Re: My arguments

On 12-Aug-2003, Fernando Diaz <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the other mail i have suggested two algorithms for a future garbage
> collector for Mono:
> 
> 1) Mark-Compact
> 2) Copying Collection
...
> A generational adaptation of these algorithms would be good, it would
> make them more efficient.
...
> What do you think about?.

If you go for copying collection, it may be worth considering the
Beltway approach, which is a generalization of ordinary and generational
copying collection -- see [1].

[1] "Beltway: Getting Around Garbage Collection Gridlock",
    Stephen M. Blackburn, Richard Jones, Kathryn S. McKinley, J Eliot B. Moss.
    ACM SIGPLAN 2002 Conference on Programming Language Design and
    Implementation, Berlin, June 2002.

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