A question about moving GC

[Bruno Medeiros]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>> Whoa, I got a bit confused here. Is any reference that is held in the 
>> stack automatically pinned (i.e., the referred data doesn't move) ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> If so, why is that, why wouldn't a moving collector move it?
> 
> Because then you'd have to track all the register contents instruction 
> by instruction.

:/ I'm lost, I didn't understand that at all. "track all the register 
contents instruction by instruction" ?

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