| garbage collection |
| List of: | Glossary Items | |
| Subjects: | Scheme AIDE Application, Scheme Interface | |
| Contents: | Glossary | |
| Garbage collection is the process of recycling memory already used by the Scheme Interpreter. As the Scheme Interpreter runs, it creates objects and data structures, in available memory. No Scheme object is ever purged from memory, unless the interpreter can prove that it will never again be needed. | |||||