Garbage collection book

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:21:53 Walter Bright wrote:
> 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-Algorit
> >>> hms/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.

And D's GC can use all of the help that it can get.

- Jonathan M Davis