Conspiracy Theory #1

[Lutger]

Rainer Deyke wrote:

> dsimcha wrote:
>> == Quote from Rainer Deyke (rainerd at eldwood.com)'s article
>>> Yes, but a moving GC needs to be 100% precise, not 99.99999%.
>> 
>> Not if you allow pinning, which we'd need anyhow for untyped,
>> conservatively scanned memory blocks.
> 
> If you allow pinning then you no longer get the full benefits of a
> moving gc.  It would be nice to be able to trade untyped, conservatively
> scanned memory blocks for a better gc.
> 
> 

Is it possible to allocate 'pinnable' objects from a different heap and 
still have your normal objects managed by an optimal moving gc?