> If you disagree consider what happens when a large tree is freed at the root.
Isn't that an implementation detail of the GC itself? For example this RC algorithm [1] (which detects cycles) can be implemented by tracking free and potentially free objects in their own special structure that can be evaluated incrementally.
Isn't that an implementation detail of the GC itself? For example this RC algorithm [1] (which detects cycles) can be implemented by tracking free and potentially free objects in their own special structure that can be evaluated incrementally.
[1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1255450.1255453