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generational garbage collection: a standalone construct

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a memory reclamation method that segregates objects by age and collects young objects more often, based on most objects dying young.

In programming languages, generational garbage collection refers to a memory reclamation method that segregates objects by age and collects young objects more often, based on most objects dying young. This meaning comes from Lieberman (1983) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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References

Lieberman, H., & Hewitt, C. (1983). A real-time garbage collector based on the lifetimes of objects. Communications of the ACM, 26(6), 419-429. https://doi.org/10.1145/358141.358147

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