I don't quite understand what is the intention here. Most of
C garbage collector is mark sweep based. It has all common
problems of gc, for example non-deterministic finalization
(destruction), or conservativeness. If we decide to use
GC for Perl, it will be trivial to implement a simple
mark sweep collector or semi space copy collector. There
is no advantage to use C garbage collector.
Hong
----- Original Message -----
From: "NeonEdge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:32 AM
Subject: RE: C Garbage collector
> I agree with Damien that the Sun description sounds less portable, which
we all
> know in the Perl world is crucial (>80 ports)(although Sun mentions 16-bit
> DOS/Win). Any GC implementation needs to try to 'not break' the existing
stuff.
> Other questions are somewhat dependent upon what language is used to
implement
> (both GC descriptions are C or C++ dependent which is ok by me, but I'm a
> masochist). I've been off the list since RFCs closed, so does anyone know
if
> there's been any further thoughts on the implementation language?
> Grant M.
>
