--- Joe Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Matt Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have taken a cursory look at the Tamarin source tree, and I observe > > that Tamarin's GC is in a separate module called MMgc (the MM probably > > stands for Macromedia). MMgc is written in C++ and has a C++ API, but > > it may still be a useful alternative to Boehm GC. It begs the question > > of why Macromedia/Adobe didn't use Boehm GC, given how long that package > > has been around. > > I'm guessing that MMgc is a precise collector.
...and I guessed wrong - MMgc is a conservative mark/sweep collector: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/MMgc#Conservative_Collection go figure. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- Neko : One VM to run them all (http://nekovm.org)
