Topic: garbage collection
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Lua 5.5 Launches With Global Variable Declarations and GC Upgrades
Lua 5.5 introduces formal support for declaring global variables, aiding in cleaner code, and achieves significant memory savings, with large arrays using about 60% less memory. The garbage collector is upgraded with a new generational mode and incremental major cycles, reducing performance pause...
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Microsoft Releases Bill Gates' 1978 6502 BASIC as Open Source
Microsoft has released the full source code for its 1978 Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1 under an open-source MIT license, making it available for use, modification, and distribution. This foundational software, originally developed by Bill Gates and Rick Weiland, powered iconic early person...
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