Re: Recognising pointers during garbage collection?

Joachim Durchholz <joachim.durchholz@web.de>
25 Jul 2003 21:13:52 -0400

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From: Joachim Durchholz <joachim.durchholz@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 25 Jul 2003 21:13:52 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 03-07-149 03-07-167
Keywords: GC
Posted-Date: 25 Jul 2003 21:13:52 EDT

Sven Gohlke wrote:
> Cooperating languages always register pointer to the garbage collector and
> allocate heap memory through the memory allocator of the garbage colector.
> This is done transparent to the programmer, i.e., by the compiler.
> In non cooperative languages the programmer has to do that.


Well, sort of - "registering with the garbage collector" can be as
simple as linking it into the executable.


Regards,
Jo

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