A whippet waypoint / Nofl: A Precise Immix
a year ago
- #Garbage Collection
- #Programming
- #Compilers
- Author's fascination with compilers and language implementations.
- Background: Nuclear engineering degree, transitioned to programming industry.
- Interest in garbage collection (GC) led to the development of Whippet.
- Whippet: Abstract memory manager interface for various GC algorithms.
- Nofl: A GC space derived from mark-sweep with side-table allocation.
- Paper submission to ISMM'25 comparing Nofl to Immix.
- Motivation for writing a paper: Engage with academic peers in the GC field.
- Future goal: Integrate Whippet into Guile, replacing the Boehm GC.