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? Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | [email protected] +--------------------------------------+