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Re:Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative C/C++ Garbage Collector by torginus on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:26PM (#39081971)
The problem isn't mark-and-sweep GCs it's that the Boehm GC is the Ford T model of garbage collectors.
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Re:Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative C/C++ Garbage Collector by rbehrends on Sunday January 21, 2024 @03:10PM (#39082511)
Absolutely not. While it obviously should not be used for use cases that it isn't designed for, as a conservative mark-and-sweep GC it is extremely well engineered and has very good throughput.
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