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=== Garbage Collection === Elixir, like Erlang, utilizes a form of garbage collection known as "incremental garbage collection." This approach involves dividing the execution of garbage collection work across multiple cycles, resulting in minimal impact on application performance. The BEAM virtual machine automatically manages the memory allocation and deallocation processes, ensuring that resources are freed when they are no longer in use. ==== Generation-Based Garbage Collection ==== The garbage collector in Elixir and Erlang is generational-based, meaning it partitions the memory into different generations based on object age. The generations range from 0 to N, with N being the oldest generation. New objects are allocated in the youngest generation (generation 0) and, if they survive long enough, are promoted to older generations. This generational approach allows the garbage collector to focus primarily on the younger generations, leading to efficient memory management.
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