munificent/mark-sweep

A simple mark-sweep garbage collector in C

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journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/12/08/babys-first-garbage-collector

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Baby's First Garbage Collector (2013)	1	Jan 9, 2025
Baby’s First Garbage Collector (2013)	146	Aug 10, 2022
Baby’s First Garbage Collector (2013)	2	Mar 2, 2022
Baby's First Garbage Collector	1	May 13, 2021
Funny you might say that. Baby’s First Garbage Collector[0] (from the same author) uses this approach. [0]: https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/12/08/babys-first-ga... on Garbage Collection	0	Dec 1, 2019
Baby’s First Garbage Collector (2013)	125	Nov 6, 2019
Baby's First Garbage Collector	1	Aug 9, 2019
Baby's First Garbage Collector (2013)	1	Mar 12, 2019
Baby's First Garbage Collector – Journal.stuffwithstuff.com	1	Sep 3, 2018
Simple Garbage Collector – Implementation	2	Jan 21, 2018

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A simple mark-sweep garbage collector in C

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updated Jun 26, 2020

journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/12/08/babys-first-garbage-collector

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Baby’s First Garbage Collector (2013)	146	Aug 10, 2022
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Baby's First Garbage Collector	1	May 13, 2021
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555 followers · starred Dec 2013

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