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		pizlonator 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Garbage Collection Handbook Someone saying that they are the same isn’t “science”. What is science is programming language semantics, and by that science, RC and GC are different.

pjmlp 21 days ago [–]

RC is a GC algorithm, naturally there are different implementations available.

Semantics are well defined in research literature.

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