Second Edition of The Garbage Collection Handbook Updates Automatic Memory Management Guide
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Summary
The article discusses the second edition of 'The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management,' which updates the comprehensive guide to automatic memory management. It builds upon Richard Jones's 1996 milestone book and its 2012 successor, capturing the evolution of memory management technology over the past sixty years. The handbook brings together knowledge from researchers and developers, comparing important approaches and state-of-the-art techniques in an accessible framework.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledRichard Jones's Garbage Collection (Wiley, 1996) was a milestone book in the area of automatic memory management.
The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management captured the state of the field in 2012.
Technology developments have made memory management more challenging, interesting and important than ever.
This second edition updates the handbook, bringing together a wealth of knowledge gathered by automatic memory management researchers and developers over the past sixty years.
The authors compare the most important approaches and state-of-the-art techniques in a single, accessible framework.
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