Posted by Stefan Marr-4 on Feb 28, 2011; 7:27am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Azul-Pauseless-GC-tp3326066p3327563.html

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



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