From: tgingold@ipricot.com
Subject: Re: Garbage collector on Ada?
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 15:05:52 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-06-21T15:05:52+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aevfcg$qdn$1@mo5.fr.ipricot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D1339BF.A2EB67B5@despammed.com
In article <3D1339BF.A2EB67B5@despammed.com>, Wes Groleau wrote:
> Does the gcc Java compiler do garbage collection?
Yes, of course.
> Or is that assumed to be a JVM thing, omitted for
> a native compiler?
It is part of the JVM environment.
> If it does garbage collection, is that in the back end?
No, it is a library.
> And if it's in the back end, how hard would it be
> to tweak it so that it provides GC for other languages?
It is the Bohm's conservative GC.
You *should* be able to use it with GNAT, but there is more work to do
(things such as finalization).
Tristan.
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-21 10:41 Garbage collector on Ada? Pedro Menendez
2002-06-21 12:07 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2002-06-21 13:43 ` Dr. Michael Paus
2002-06-21 21:32 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-24 9:36 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2002-06-22 10:37 ` Pedro Menendez
2002-06-22 11:29 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2002-06-21 14:35 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-21 15:05 ` tgingold [this message]
2002-06-21 15:29 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-21 15:32 ` Darren New
2002-06-21 15:46 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
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