> I don't follow. Garbage collection certainly can be done in a library > (e.g., Boehm). GC is in my experience normally triggered by > > * Allocation --- which is a function call in C > * Explicit call to the `garbage collect now' entry point in the > standard library. A function call in every language. > > What other events canonically would trigger garbage collection, but not > be invoked by function calls?
i should have said automatic garbage collection. i think of it this way, the janitor doesn't insist that the factory shut down so he can sweep. he waits for the factory to be idle, and then sweeps. - erik
