Re: Re: my garbage collector sucks

Greg Ewing <[email protected]>
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Mark Hahn <[email protected]>:

> I have continuous tracing (mark and sweep) due to my locking objects.
> He must have to stop the interpreter when he garbage collects because
> Parrot doesn't have locking objects.

Even with object locking, I don't see how you can get away with not
stopping the world while you're doing a mark pass.  What ensures that
the marker doesn't miss anything if links can be changing while it's
running?

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