alt Hacker News> They just use the implementation from the last version of the compiler
The garbage collector isn’t part of the compiler, it’s part of the runtime. It’s worth being clear about this distinction because I think it’s the root of the OP’s confusion.
> They just use the implementation from the last version of the compiler
The garbage collector isn’t part of the compiler, it’s part of the runtime. It’s worth being clear about this distinction because I think it’s the root of the OP’s confusion.
Sure, but what’ll really bake OP’s noodle is that Go’s GC is written in Go too. :) [0]
[0] https://go.dev/src/runtime/mgc.go