"dsimcha" <dsim...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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== Quote from Craig Black (craigbla...@cox.net)'s article
Does the GC have knowledge of
pointers on both the stack as well as the heap?
Also, probably most of the problem with false pointers is on the heap
anyhow. The
stack is usually on the order of a few 10s of kilobytes, the static data
segment
maybe another few 10s of kilobytes, whereas the heap can be hundreds of
megabytes.
I think that, given how little progress has been made on improving the
current GC
implementation and how hard a problem it is, adding precise heap scanning
to the
current GC is a good 80/20 solution until D becomes popular enough to earn
hordes
of money for research into improving its GC.
Yeah, that would be great. Maybe some day. One step at a time I suppose.
-Craig
