Precise GC

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 4/7/12 9:49 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 4/7/12 8:56 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> [snip]
>> I think this is an exciting idea, it will enable us to get a precise gc
>> by enabling people to work on it in parallel rather than serially
>> waiting for me.
>
> I'm also very excited about this design, and will make time to help with
> the library part of the implementation.
>
> Maybe we can get a GSoC project on that. We already have a related
> proposal (lock-free GC).

BTW one exciting thing about both this and the nascent attributes design 
is they integrate wonderful with language's generic and generative 
capabilities.

Andrei