3. This question is about garbage collection (GC). (a) What does GC do? How do languages...

 

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3. This question is about garbage collection (GC). (a) What does GC do? How do languages without GC (for example C and C++) deal with the problem GC solves? [10 marks] (b) Reachability of memory is an important concept in GC. Explain what it [10 marks] means. (c) Explain how a mark-and-sweep garbage collector works. (d) Explain how a stop-and-copy garbage collector works. [15 marks] [15 marks] 3. This question is about garbage collection (GC). (a) What does GC do? How do languages without GC (for example C and C++) deal with the problem GC solves? [10 marks] (b) Reachability of memory is an important concept in GC. Explain what it [10 marks] means. (c) Explain how a mark-and-sweep garbage collector works. (d) Explain how a stop-and-copy garbage collector works. [15 marks] [15 marks]