Re: Finalization and Garbage Collection: a hole in the RM?

[bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)]

In article <mazzanti-2608961026160001@mac-mazz.iei.pi.cnr.it>,
Franco Mazzanti <mazzanti@iei.pi.cnr.it> wrote:
[stuff about gc]

If you're interested in garbage collection, you should subscribe to the
gclist mailing list:

> Article 9782 of comp.compilers:
> From: johnl@iecc.com (John R Levine)
> Newsgroups: comp.compilers
> Subject: GC mailing list
> Date: 18 Feb 1996 23:03:05 -0500
> Organization: Compilers Central
> Lines: 22
> Approved: compilers@ivan.iecc.com
> Message-ID: <96-02-223@comp.compilers>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.iecc.com
> Keywords: GC, administrivia
> 
> I got enough interest in garbage collection to start a GC mailing list.
> 
> To join it, send a message to majordomo@iecc.com which contains:
> 
> 	sub gclist
> 
> To leave it once you join it, send a message that contains
> 
> 	signoff gclist
> 
> This list is currently open and unmoderated, though I reserve the right to
> eject persistently unruly contributors.  You have to join it before you can
> send messages to it; this makes the list harder to spam.
> 
> Regards,
> John Levine, comp.compilers moderator, johnl@iecc.com
> 
> 
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Here's part of the message I got when I subscribed:

> Welcome to the Garbage Collection list.  This spin-off from the
> comp.compilers newsgroup discusses garbage collection in programming
> languages.  Both integrated garbage collection as in Lisp and "bolt
> on" collection as in conservative collectors for C are fair game.
> 
> This list is open to all and unmoderated, although the list owner
> reserves the right to eject persistently unruly contributors.  It
> currently is not available as a digest, although I'll add a digested
> form in the future if the list volume warrants.
> 
> All previous articles are available for FTP at ftp://iecc.com/pub/gclist/
> in a file called messages.
> 
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl@iecc.com

- Bob