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- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Terms](#terms)
- [Code](#code)
- [Data Structures](#data-structures)
- [Heap](#heap)
- [Thread Data](#thread-data)
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- Root - The collector begins tracing by marking one or more of these objects. A root object is guaranteed to survive a collection cycle.
- Write Barrier - Code that is executed before writing to an object.
# Code
The goal of this paper is to provide a high-level overview of Cyclone's garbage collector. The implementation code is available in this repository:
- [`runtime.c`](../runtime.c) contains most of the runtime system, including code to perform minor GC. A good place to start would be the `GC` and `gc_minor` functions.
- [`gc.c`](../gc.c) contains the major GC code.
# Data Structures
## Heap