[Openmcl-devel] Garbage collector - ccl:terminate (memory stuff)

[Ron Garret]

> On May 20, 2024, at 1:19 PM, Tim Bradshaw <tfb at tfeb.org> wrote:
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> On 20 May 2024, at 19:29, Tim McNerney <mc at media.mit.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> That the spec says nothing about garbage collection would explain why this topic has never been on my radar. 
> 
> It would be astonishing if it did, because almost anything it might say would be tantamount to mandating some specific memory-management strategy, and that's not a language standard, it's an implementation standard.
> 
> (My own implementation works by raising a purchase order for more memory, then pausing until it is installed.  This is a mostly-viable approach on 64-bit systems.)

What kind of computer do you have that lets you install RAM without rebooting???

My own implementation has a paper factory at each end of an ever-growing spool of tape, but your idea sounds better.  It's getting harder and harder to find trees around here.

rg

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