On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:21:53 Walter Bright wrote: > On 10/5/2011 11:46 AM, Sean Kelly wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Walter Bright wrote: > >> On 10/4/2011 11:06 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > >>> http://www.amazon.com/Garbage-Collection-Handbook-Management-Algorit > >>> hms/dp/1420082795/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317790242&sr=1-1 > I heard it's good. > > >> I have the older version: > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471941484/classicempire > >> > >> Yes, it's good. > > > > The books have different authors. > > Richard Jones is listed first for both, the follow on authors are different. > > I don't suppose someone has both and can > > comment on the differences? I have the older version as well, but > > wouldn't mind picking up this new one if it brings enough new stuff to > > the table. > It's more like one cannot afford not to if one is spending many hours > dealing with GC's, even if the improvements are minor.
And D's GC can use all of the help that it can get. - Jonathan M Davis
