Number: 828

Date: 24-Apr-84 17':06':10

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: Kaplan.pa

Subject: Want circular structures to be garbage-collected

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Description: '
Date': 18 Apr 84 21':54 PST'
From': Kaplan.pa'
Subject': Lisp': Circular structures are not collected'
To': LispSupport.pa'
cc': Kaplan.pa'
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Lisp System Date': 18-Apr-84 20':52':50'
Machine': Dorado (Ahwahnee)'
Microcode version': 24,4'
Memory size': 10000'
Frequency': Always'
Impact': Fatal (for some common applications)'
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We need to give serious thought to this problem.  Beau has had some ideas on this, and Danny Bobrow has also thought about it.'


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Attn: kaplan, masint, lisp

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System: Language Support

Subsystem: Storage Formats/Mgt

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Difficulty: Hard

Frequency: Intermittent

Impact: Moderate

Priority: Perhaps

Status: Open

Problem Type: Performance

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