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This is the second post of Design a Garbage Collection System series. If haven’t read our first post, please go check it since we’ll continue our discussion from last time.

In our previous post, we’ve been talking about the basic concept of garbage collection, which is a system that automatically recycles unused memory in programming languages. What’s cool about garbage collection is quite obvious. It allows developers care less about memory management and write more robust code. On the flip side, it may affect the performance and provide less flexibility when working with memory.
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Our system design interview series gets a lot of feedback in the past couple of months. I’m glad to know that our readers find it helpful.

One advice I always give is that don’t take these articles as standard answers. System design interview questions are usually open-ended and it’s all about analysis and communication. Any point in the discussion can go deeper based on interviewers’ preferences.

This week, the question is slightly different as it’s a little low-level but at the same times quite useful – garbage collection system. Not only is garbage collection system widely used in many modern programming languages, the same idea can adapt to other areas as well.

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Design a Garbage Collection System (Part II)

Design a Garbage Collection System (Part I)

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