Wow! What a blast from the past. I originally submitted this article back in 2014 when it was hosted on my personal page hosted by my university. You can view the thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8222487
When I migrated to my own personal domain, I decided I would update the article to address the comments on that thread, and I think the end result was much better (but alas, I never had a reason to re-submit the article here).
Obviously I do not recommend using a GC like this in general, but as a learning resource for how memory works and some of the more obscure parts of executables, I think it works pretty well! The compliments I've received from this article have been pretty incredible. Seeing it here, uploaded independently, really warms my heart.
Oh, and this article is so old that I'm now a Rust guy. Crazy how that works!
Thank you. Your article helped me understand memory allocation and garbage collection algorithms. I successfully used this knowledge while developing my own language.
When I migrated to my own personal domain, I decided I would update the article to address the comments on that thread, and I think the end result was much better (but alas, I never had a reason to re-submit the article here).
Obviously I do not recommend using a GC like this in general, but as a learning resource for how memory works and some of the more obscure parts of executables, I think it works pretty well! The compliments I've received from this article have been pretty incredible. Seeing it here, uploaded independently, really warms my heart.
Oh, and this article is so old that I'm now a Rust guy. Crazy how that works!