Compiler-directed Storage Reclamation Using Object Lifetime Analysis
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Hicks, James Edward, Jr.
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Many heap-oriented languages such as Lisp and Id depend on run-time garbage collection to reclaim storage. Garbage collection can be a significant run-time expense, especially for functional languages that tend to allocate structures often.
Date issued
1992-11Series/Report no.
MIT-LCS-TR-555