Hi Andres: On 28 Feb 2011, at 08:01, Andres Valloud wrote:
> FWIW, the "pauseless" feature of the algorithm sounds very close (if not > exactly) like VisualWorks' incremental GC, modulo the multithreading. Is VisualWorks' GC documented somewhere? However, you might want to read the VEE'05 paper directly, the GC they use is 'nothing-like' a typical incremental GC. The read-barrier is the key here, and that is a rather exotic approach due to its constant overhead on standard systems. So, just in case VisualWorks is actually using something similar, a reference to a paper or some such would be great. Thanks Stefan > > On 2/26/11 9:46 , Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >> Thanks damien for the link :) >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> Nice explanation of the Azul Pauseless GC (easier than the paper :) >>> http://www.infoq.com/articles/azul_gc_in_detail >> >> >> > -- Stefan Marr Software Languages Lab Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 / B-1050 Brussels / Belgium http://soft.vub.ac.be/~smarr Phone: +32 2 629 2974 Fax: +32 2 629 3525
