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Orinoco: Young Generation Garbage Collection
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plow-tycoon
18d ago
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BirAdam
15d ago
The name Orinoco makes me think of the 802.11b wireless LAN adapters of the same name. One of the few that worked in Linux.
bestouff
14d ago
I'm with you on this one. I think I still have that pcmcia card somewhere.
Lerc
15d ago
Really? It makes me think of the hunting of the snark, because my brain makes it's own style of random wikipedia link wandering.
SoleilAbsolu
14d ago
Makes me think of Enya's Orinoco Flow...Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw
wewewedxfgdf
15d ago
The Wombles were some sort of rodents who lived in garbage is that right?
amelius
15d ago
Memory is getting too expensive to have multiple heaps.
skavi
15d ago
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