From 879efc9325b8a21f2b2a22783ba698223f6eb054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Maidanski Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:15:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Remove 'distributed ports', 'scalable versions' sections from overview.md * doc/overview.md (Separately distributed ports, Scalable multiprocessor versions): Remove. --- doc/overview.md | 24 ------------------------ 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/overview.md b/doc/overview.md index ee57b59..2a28a0f 100644 --- a/doc/overview.md +++ b/doc/overview.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ # A garbage collector for C and C++ * Platforms - * Scalable multiprocessor versions * Some collector details * Further reading * Local Links for this collector @@ -72,29 +71,6 @@ Irix pthreads, Linux threads, Win32 threads, Solaris threads (pthreads only), HP/UX 11 pthreads, Tru64 pthreads, and MacOS X threads are supported in recent versions. -### Separately distributed ports - -For MacOS 9/Classic use, Patrick Beard's latest port is available from -`http://homepage.mac.com/pcbeard/gc/`. (Unfortunately, that's now quite dated. -I'm not in a position to test under MacOS. Although I try to incorporate -changes, it is impossible for me to update the project file.) - -Precompiled versions of the collector for NetBSD are available -[here](ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/devel/boehm-gc/README.html). - - -[Debian Linux](http://www.debian.org/) includes prepackaged versions of the -collector. - -## Scalable multiprocessor versions - -Kenjiro Taura, Toshio Endo, and Akinori Yonezawa have made available -a [parallel collector](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1592629/) -based on this one. Their collector takes advantage of multiple processors -during a collection. Starting with GC v6.0alpha1 we also do this, though with -more modest processor scalability goals. Our approach is discussed briefly -in [this document](scale.md). - ## Some Collector Details The collector uses a [mark-sweep](http://www.hboehm.info/gc/complexity.html) -- 2.7.4