> Other GC algorithm for Java/C# often made the assumption of long-living > objects with mutation. This is not the case for OCaml.
They do favour mutation and, consequently, have cheaper write barriers but both the JVM and CLR use pointer-bumping minor heaps for the first "nursery" generation to collect short-lived objects efficiently, just like OCaml. Cheers, Jon. _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
