Bob Nystrom personal blog
Baby's First Garbage Collector
When I get stressed out and have too much to do, I have this paradoxical reaction where I escape from that by coming up with another thing to do. Usually it’s a tiny self-contained program that I can write and finish.
- Points
- 217
- HN comments
- 143
- Submissions
- 3
- Cited by
- 15 commenters
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On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2013 | Baby's First Garbage Collector by daw___ | 217 | 84 |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Baby’s First Garbage Collector (2013) by bshanks | 146 | 30 |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Baby’s First Garbage Collector (2013) by pcr910303 | 125 | 29 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 24 Hacker News comments by 15 different people, from Apr 2014 to Sep 2025.
Most recent:
- matheusmoreira · Sep 20, 2025
- matheusmoreira · May 12, 2024
- matheusmoreira · Nov 26, 2023
- BaculumMeumEst · Aug 11, 2023
- mananaysiempre · Apr 8, 2023
- gilmi · Nov 14, 2022
