15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems
Lecture 19: Garbage Collection

• Reading:
  • Ch 10.10
  • Paul R. Wilson: Uniprocessor Garbage Collection Techniques, 1994, pp. 1-17 (full paper, 67pp)
  • See also Richard Jones' Garbage Collection Page
• Slides: none
• Code: none
• Concepts:
  • Root set
  • Mark and sweep
  • Stop and copy
  • Reference counting
  • Conservative collectors
• Previous lecture: Dynamic Storage Allocation
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