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igc.org: Remove claims of concurrency
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@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ A large number of GC algorithms and implementations exist which differ
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in various dimensions. Emacs has two GC implementations which can be
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chosen at compile-time. The traditional (old) GC, which was the only
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one until recently, is a so-called mark-sweep, non-copying collector.
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The new GC implementation in this file is an incremental, generational,
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concurrent (igc) collector based on the MPS library from Ravenbrook. It
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is a so-called copying collector. The terms used here will become
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clearer in the following.
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The new GC implementation in this file is an incremental, generational
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collector (igc) based on the MPS library from Ravenbrook. It is a
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so-called copying collector. The terms used here will become clearer in
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the following.
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Emacs' traditional mark-sweep GC works in two phases:
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@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ Emacs' traditional mark-sweep GC works in two phases:
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The traditional mark-sweep GC implementation is
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- Not concurrent. Emacs calls GC explicitly in various places, and
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proceeds only when the GC is done.
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- Not incremental. The GC is not done in steps.
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- Not generational. The GC doesn't take advantage of the so-called
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generational hypothesis, which says that most objects used by a
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@ -78,9 +76,6 @@ The traditional mark-sweep GC implementation is
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In contrast, the new igc collector, using MPS, is
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- Concurrent. The GC runs in its own thread. There are no explicit
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calls to start GC, and Emacs doesn't have to wait for the GC to
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complete.
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- Incremental. The GC is done in steps.
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- Generational. The GC takes advantage of the so-called
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generational hypothesis.
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