Subject: Re: how to delete an object
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:37:22 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <w7idnfwGt75fpArbnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Tamas Papp  <tkpapp@gmail.com> wrote:
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| Richard M Kreuter <kreuter@progn.net> writes:
| > Consequently, the garbage collector does not do what you think it
| > does, in general.  In the transcript below [1], do you get why the
| > space allocated for *BIG-THING* isn't released until the third call to
| > GC?  (Hint: don't try experimenting with this in SLIME.)
| 
| No, I don't get it.  Can you please explain?
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Well, here's one big hint [spoiler]:

    http://alu.org/HyperSpec/Body/var_stcm_ststcm_ststst.html
    http://alu.org/HyperSpec/Body/var_slcm_slslcm_slslsl.html


-Rob

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