JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 13(6): 830-838, doi: 10.3217/jucs-013-06-0830
Cyclic Reference Counting with Permanent Objects
expand article infoRafael Dueire Lins‡, Francisco Heron de Carvalho Júnior§, Zanoni Dueire Lins|
‡ Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil§ UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil| Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

Corresponding author: Rafael Lins ( rdl@ufpe.br )

© Rafael Lins, Francisco Heron de Carvalho Júnior, Zanoni Lins.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Lins RD, Júnior FHC, Lins ZD (2007) Cyclic Reference Counting with Permanent Objects. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 13(6): 830-838. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-013-06-0830
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Abstract
Reference Counting is the memory management technique of most widespread use today. Very often applications handle objects that are either permanent or get tenured. This paper uses this information to make cyclic reference counting more efficient.
Keywords
memory management, garbage collection, reference counting, cyclic graphs, permanent objects, tenured objects