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Fixing some space leaks with a garbage collector
Author(s) -
Wadler Philip
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380170904
Subject(s) - garbage , garbage collection , space (punctuation) , computer science , work (physics) , environmental science , operating system , engineering , programming language , mechanical engineering
Some functional programs may use more space than would be expected. A modification to the garbage collector is suggested which solves this problem in some cases. Related work is discussed.