As I heard the tale, on the Standard Missile, they don't recirculate the hydraulic fluid, they just spit out as the missile flies. It's a wonderful engineering solution.
I had Hosking as a professor. Iirc, it was an okay experience. Compilers course I believe.
When the handbook came out, I bought it because "hey, I know that guy". Ultimately, I don't think it's necessary, but having a more in depth knowledge of garbage collection and the problems in the space occasionally comes in handy.
For example, what implication do finalizers have on garbage collection design? Reading about that was kind of an eye opener.
I wish the author section provided what production garbage collectors the authors worked on. There's plenty of nonintuitive things you can learn in the real world, so a book including those would be both interesting and useful.
As I heard the tale, on the Standard Missile, they don't recirculate the hydraulic fluid, they just spit out as the missile flies. It's a wonderful engineering solution.
When the handbook came out, I bought it because "hey, I know that guy". Ultimately, I don't think it's necessary, but having a more in depth knowledge of garbage collection and the problems in the space occasionally comes in handy.
For example, what implication do finalizers have on garbage collection design? Reading about that was kind of an eye opener.
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