From: haberg_20080406@math.su.se   
      
   Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:   
   > GPS schrieb:   
      
   >> If a GC results in page transfers to/from the disk, then it will drastically   
   >> slow down the program, and system.   
      
   > Good point!   
      
   I felt so to.   
      
   Does this not suggest that at least a tracing GC should be moved into   
   the OS? It should have some way to mark allocated swapped out memory   
   unused without swapping back in.   
      
      Hans   
   [Seems to me that it would be easy enough to provide system calls that allow   
   adequate control from user mode.  VM/3370 had a user interface to the pager in   
   about 1970 to let an OS running in a virtual machine avoid double paging.   
   -John]   
      
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