Quote: avoid bulk copying in garbage collection by hijacking the method table to create a per-object read barrier; low overhead but requires dynamic dispatch

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We describe an efficient technique for incorporating Baker's … stop/go execution associated with bulk copying collection algorithms, … technique exploits the fact that objects are always … code-pointer when an object is in the transient … [p. 257] The idea is that we "hijack" the … per-object read barrier. … Experiments with [the prototype implementation for Haskell] show that the average overhead … pause times are achieved in all cases … Our system is only useful where the bulk … used only by the object's methods.   Google-1   Google-2

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