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		themk on Sept 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conservative GC can be faster than precise GC How do you compact with conservative GC? You can't change the pointer values because they might not be pointers right?

dzaima on Sept 8, 2024 [–]

Any object which is referenced by the stack cannot be moved, but the rest of the heap (i.e. the vast majority, assuming the stack is much smaller than the heap) still can.

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