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From: dld@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (David Detlefs)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ and garbage collection
Message-ID: <DLD.90Jul1123256@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: 1 Jul 90 16:32:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk's message of 29 Jun 90 14:07:47 GMT

Just to follow up on Piercarlo's post -- after doing the literature
I mentioned, I did some work of my own, which can be read in

@TechReport(Detlefs90,
    Author = "Detlefs, David L.",
    Key = "Detlefs",
    Title = "Concurrent Garbage Collection for C++",
    Institution = "Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science",
    Number = "CMU-CS-90-119",
    Month = "May",
    Year = "1990"
    )

This extends Bartlett's work somewhat, and makes the collection
concurrent (the collector and the program proper can run at the same
time.)  The code itself probably wouldn't be useful to too many
people, since 1) it relies on features of the Mach operating system,
and 2) it requires the use of a modified AT&T cfront 1.2 compiler.

If anybody wants a copy of the tech report, please send me a note.

Dave

    
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