Ouch! I'm sorry, Thomas ... but I hadn't seen your question. Ranjit
answers it though. :)

And yes ... we have about a passing familiarity with Lisp (scheme
actually, through SICP) ...

regards.

On 12/6/05, Ranjit Mathew <rmathew@...> wrote:
> --- In bangalore-lisp@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Elam <tomelam@g...> wrote:
> >
> > If you have the time, can you tell me why there are
> > referals to the Boehm GC, the Boehm-Weiser GC,
> > and the Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC? It's confusing.
>
> They are the same GC. It was largely written
> by Hans Boehm and he is the currently active
> maintainer. He's modest and likes to give
> credit to all the major contributors, but for
> all practical purposes, everyone just calls it
> the "Boehm GC". See:
>
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
>

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rm