When this is implemented by copying, it can have the added benefit of compacting the heap, improving a program's locality. Algorithms for it include treadmill, mark-sweep, and reference counting. Some implementations include the concept of "weak pointers," which do not count as memory references to the algorithms. The Ada specification allows but does not require it, it can be retrofitted very pai
When this is implemented by copying, it can have the added benefit of compacting the heap, improving a program's locality. Algorithms for it include treadmill, mark-sweep, and reference counting. Some implementations include the concept of "weak pointers," which do not count as memory references to the algorithms. The Ada specification allows but does not require it, it can be retrofitted very painfully into C, and Java demands it. For ten points, name this process, in which out-of-use blocks of memory in a program are reclaimed automatically without programmer intervention.
When this is implemented by copying, it can have the added benefit of compacting the heap, improving a program's locality.