Title of article :
Cyclic Reference Counting with Permanent Objects
Author/Authors :
Lins, Rafael Dueire Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - CTG - Departamento de Eletrônica e Sistemas, Brazil , Carvalho Junior, Francisco Heron de Universidade Federal do Ceará - Departamento de Computação, Brazil , Lins, Zanoni Dueire Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - CTG - Departamento de Eng Elétrica e Sistemas e Sistemas de Potência, Brazil
Abstract :
Reference Counting is the memory management technique of most widespread use today. Very often applications handle objects that are either permanent or get tenured. This paper uses this information to make cyclic reference counting more efficient.
Keywords :
Memory management , garbage collection , reference counting , cyclic graphs , permanent objects , tenured objects.
Journal title :
Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
Journal title :
Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
