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1 point by binx 6055 days ago | link | parent

Refcounting performs a lot worse than a generational gc. When dealing with many deep data structures, it becomes more worse. And a simple generational gc is not very hard to implement.


2 points by almkglor 6055 days ago | link

Well, then: how about a limited form of refcounting, solely for closures used as continuations?

We could even leave off true refcounting, instead just setting a flag on a closure-as-continuation if it's used in 'ccc

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