Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!midway!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!think.com!paperboy!meissner From: meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: m88200 cache flushes on DG Aviion Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 03:13:08 GMT References: <2308@io.UUCP> <1199@dg.dg.com> <4322@photon.oakhill.UUCP> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 16 In-reply-to: pierson@encore.com's message of 11 Dec 90 22:30:50 GMT In article pierson@encore.com (Dan L. Pierson) writes: | 2. Manage dynamic space with a copying garbage collector. This | means that code may move between calls however the old code | location will only be reused after the entire semi-space it's | part of has been freed for reuse (there are less friendly GC | algorithms...). Beware that compilers for non-GC languages (like C), may cache a function's address in a register between calls. -- Michael Meissner email: meissner@osf.org phone: 617-621-8861 Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142 Considering the flames and intolerance, shouldn't USENET be spelled ABUSENET?