Re: lazy sweeping.

[Michael Livshin]

Han-Wen <address@hidden> writes:

> Here are some results of my lazy sweeping implementation:
>
> [ snippo ]
>
>  * Lazy sweeping sounds like a feature, but it actually leads to
>    simpler, more natural code than the old sweeping code.

did you consider various finalizations?  like closing file descriptors
of dead ports, sort of fing.

if you just lazy-sweep naively, some external resources may never get
freed.

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