Garbage collection
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There’s a base set of inherently reachable values, that cannot be deleted for obvious reasons. Simply put, “reachable” values are those that are accessible or usable somehow. Any other value is considered reachable if it’s reachable from a root by a reference or by a chain of references. The basic g
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- There’s a base set of inherently reachable values, that cannot be deleted for obvious reasons.
- Simply put, “reachable” values are those that are accessible or usable somehow.
- Any other value is considered reachable if it’s reachable from a root by a reference or by a chain of references.
- The basic garbage collection algorithm is called
- Generational collection – objects are split into two sets: “new ones” and “old ones”.
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