Garbage collection book

[Walter Bright]

On 10/5/2011 11:46 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> On 10/4/2011 11:06 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Garbage-Collection-Handbook-Management-Algorithms/dp/1420082795/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317790242&sr=1-1
>>>
>>>
>>>
I heard it's good.
>>
>> I have the older version:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471941484/classicempire
>>
>> Yes, it's good.
>
> The books have different authors.

Richard Jones is listed first for both, the follow on authors are different.

> I don't suppose someone has both and can
> comment on the differences?  I have the older version as well, but wouldn't
> mind picking up this new one if it brings enough new stuff to the table.

It's more like one cannot afford not to if one is spending many hours dealing 
with GC's, even if the improvements are minor.