Garbarge collection for Prolog based on WAM

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  • DOI 10.1145/62959.62968
  • OpenAlex ID W2040704129
  • Type Article
  • Language EN
  • Published 01 Jun 1988
  • Volume 31 (6)
  • Pages 719–741
  • Source Communications of the ACM
  • Publisher Association for Computing Machinery
  • FWCI 3.71
  • Countries 2
  • Institutions 2
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  • Updated 01 Oct 2026
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Garbarge collection for Prolog based on WAM

Article 1988 EN Bronze

The Warren abstract machine (WAM) has become a generally accepted standard Prolog implementation technique. Garbage collection is an important aspect in the implementation of any Prolog system. A synopsis of the WAM is presented and then marking and compaction algorithms are shown that take advantage of WAM's unique use of the data areas. Marking and compaction are performed on both the heap and t…

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1 Karen Appleby IBM Research - Thomas J. Watso… (US) —
2 Mats Carlsson Swedish Institute of Computer … (SE)
3 Seif Haridi Swedish Institute of Computer … (SE)
4 Dan Sahlin Swedish Institute of Computer … (SE) —
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