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Expand Up @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ retain calls if you squint.

For lots more on this, see "[A Unified Theory of Garbage Collection][gc]" (PDF).

[gc]: https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/files/us-bacon/Bacon04Unified.pdf
[gc]: https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~weimerw/2008-415/reading/bacon-garbage.pdf

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Expand Up @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ <h3><a href="#automatic-memory-management" id="automatic-memory-management"><sma
opposing sides. Most ref counting systems end up doing some tracing to handle
cycles, and the write barriers of a generational collector look a bit like
retain calls if you squint.</p>
<p>For lots more on this, see &ldquo;<a href="https://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/files/us-bacon/Bacon04Unified.pdf">A Unified Theory of Garbage Collection</a>&rdquo; (PDF).</p>
<p>For lots more on this, see &ldquo;<a href="https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~weimerw/2008-415/reading/bacon-garbage.pdf">A Unified Theory of Garbage Collection</a>&rdquo; (PDF).</p>
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<p>Tracing garbage collection has a fearsome reputation. It <em>is</em> a little harrowing
working at the level of raw memory. Debugging a GC can sometimes leave you
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