“Essentials of Garbage Collectors” full course is now available

Re:“Essentials of Garbage Collectors” full course is now ava... by pjmlp on Sunday July 07, 2019 @07:14AM (#20374564)

It isn't for those of us that actually bother to learn about them, unfortunately still feels like spreading gospel, given the sore state of some education institutions.

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Re:“Essentials of Garbage Collectors” full course is now ava... by DmitrySoshnikov on Sunday July 07, 2019 @09:27AM (#20374975)

Absolutely valid point, that's why I didn't want to stick specifically on C++ (even though it'd be easier specifically for raw heap memory).

As mentioned about though, GC algorithms can be transferred to higher-level system as well. For example, here is a basic Mark-Sweep algorithm implemented in JavaScript on JS objects in a collection: https://gist.github.com/DmitrySoshnikov/4391763

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