An incremental garbage collection algorithm for multi-mutator systems (Q1112594)

An elementary correctness proof for \textit{M. Ben-Ari}'s algorithm [ACM Trans. Program. Lang. Syst. 6, 333-344 (1984; Zbl 0536.68030)] for incremental garbage collection is given. We give a new algorithm for systems in which there are multiple mutators and a proof of its correctness, which is a minor modification of the previous proof. Finally, we remark upon a way to implement these algorithms that may increase their performance on certain architectures.