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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
Subject: Re: Is Garbage Collection faster?
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References: <DFzHB6.654@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>> <KANDERSO.95Oct7105511@lager.bbn.com> <45h1g6$g37@news.parc.xerox.com> <45jhjo$cdd@camelot.ccs.neu.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:09:34 GMT
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In article <45jhjo$cdd@camelot.ccs.neu.edu>, will@ccs.neu.edu (William D
Clinger) wrote:

> A sum of exponential distributions is an exponential distribution,
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> so Boehm's scenario is indistinguishable from Anderson's scenario
> if you look only at the distribution of lifetimes for all objects.
> Future authors should note therefore that this information is
> surprisingly worthless.

Is this true??

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