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On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Christian Lynbech wrote: > This is precisely the problem with mark/sweep collectors, as I > understand it. The effort is proportional to *all* the data, dead as > well as alive. If you know that some data is 'dead' before the GC runs, though, I imagine that its space can be re-used, thus reducing the volume of the 'all the data' that needs checking. For example, a thousand serial allocate/deallocate cycles can all use the same memory space. Ought to reduce swapping, too. - Eric