Re: Circular references and garbage collecting

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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:00

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pandeng@telepath.com (Steve Schafer (TeamB)) writes:

> Yes. The default garbage collector uses a mark-and-sweep algorithm. It
> will garbage-collect any self-referential group of objects as long as
> there are no external references to any of them.

The Microsoft VM, using mark and copy, also will collect it. Just for
completeness' sake. :-)

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