Scripting languages enjoy great popularity due their support for rapid and exploratory development. They typically have lightweight syntax, weak data privacy, dynamic typing, powe...
Bard Bloom, John Field, Nathaniel Nystrom, Johan &...
There are many algorithms for concurrent garbage collection, but they are complex to describe, verify, and implement. This has resulted in a poor understanding of the relationships...
Martin T. Vechev, David F. Bacon, Perry Cheng, Dav...
This paper argues that basing the semantics of concurrent systems on the notions of state and state transitions is neither advisable nor necessary. The tendency to do this is deepl...
: Multi-processor systems have become the standard in current computer architectures. Software developers have the possibility to take advantage of the additional computing power a...
Concurrent garbage collectors require write barriers to preserve consistency, but these barriers impose significant direct and indirect costs. While there has been a lot of work ...