# Modern Garbage Collection ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article3.5c705a01b476.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Mike Hearn]] - Full Title: Modern Garbage Collection - Category: #articles - Source: medium - Last Highlighted: 2024-10-30 10:08:51.458107+00:00 - URL: https://medium.com/p/911ef4f8bd8e ## Highlights - But if you take one thing away, let it be this: garbage collection is a hard problem, really hard, one that has been studied by an army of computer scientists for decades.