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Patent Inventor Names
David Unietis0
Harlan Sexton0
Peter Benson0
Date of Patent
July 17, 2007
Patent Application Number
10434452
Date Filed
May 8, 2003
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method for scanning objects as for garbage collection is described that employ an ancillary data structure to describe the format of an object. Specifically, the data structure lists which parts of the object are references and how large each part of the object is. Scanning the object can efficiently occur by stepping through the object and the data structure in parallel.
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