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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:16:27 +0000
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On 28 Apr 97 at 13:17, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > Erm... there are zillions! Look on the web for Hans Boehm's GC for C. It's
> > about as good as GC can get under C. Languages with "real" pointers do
> > better from it.

> I meant some GC for an *operating system", not for a single application. Even 
> Borland has such one! ;-)

What's the difference? The LispOS people are interested in using the 
Boehm GC for their entire OS, from what I gather, unless they derive their
own more efficient one (which I gather will be the case once the compiler
is running).
 
ABW
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Alaric B. Williams (alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)

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