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From: mkao@pnet01.CTS.COM (Mike Kao)
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Subject: Garbage collection...
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Date: Sun, 10-May-87 00:53:35 EDT
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This is a dumb question, but a necessary one for me. What is meant by the term
"garbage collection"? Is it the process by which the computer purges unused
variables and strings, etc.? I'm not sure...

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