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I want to learn the theory behind garbage collection. How do i go about it? The obvious answer is - a compiler textbook... The question is, is it necessary to learn lexical analysis, parsing and other stuff that usually precedes garbage collection in a text?
In short, what are the prerequisites to learning about Garbage collection theory?
P.S - I do know what is the purpose of parsing, lexical analysis etc. Just not how they are implemented.
I would start by reading this paper: A unified theory of garbage collection, Bacon, Cheng, & Rajan, ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 50-68, 2004.