AU2001264601A1 - Work-stealing queues for parallel garbage collection - Google Patents

Work-stealing queues for parallel garbage collection

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AU2001264601A1
AU2001264601A1 AU2001264601A AU6460101A AU2001264601A1 AU 2001264601 A1 AU2001264601 A1 AU 2001264601A1 AU 2001264601 A AU2001264601 A AU 2001264601A AU 6460101 A AU6460101 A AU 6460101A AU 2001264601 A1 AU2001264601 A1 AU 2001264601A1
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garbage collection
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Ole Agesen
David L. Detlefs
Christine H. Flood
Nir N. Shavit
Xiaolan Zhang
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