We have designed and implemented a new garbage collector for the Standard ML of New JerseySystem (SML/NJ). This collector has higher performance, lower latency and generally requires lessphysical memory than the existing SML/NJ collector. In addition, it is able to exploit the largesecondary caches found on modern workstations. This paper describes the design of the collector,an...

This article draws on data from a project on children’s playground games and rhymes in the new media age. One objective of the project was to examine the relationship between traditional playground games and children’s media cultures. As part of the project, two ethnographic studies of primary playgrounds took place in two schools, one in the north and one in the south of England, over a two-ye...

The runtime data structures of the Standard ML of New Jersey compiler are simple yet general. As a result, code generators are easy to implement, programs execute quickly, garbage collectors are easy to implement and work efficiently, and a variety of runtime facilities can be provided with ease.