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@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ areas that are associated with dynamic libraries. This is easy to remedy if you know how to find those data areas on your operating system (see `GC_add_roots`). Code for doing this under SunOS, IRIX 5.X and 6.X, HP/UX, Alpha OSF/1, Linux, and Win32 is included and used by default. -(See [README.win32](doc/README.win32) and [README.win64](doc/README.win64) -for Windows details.) On other systems, pointers from dynamic library data -areas may not be considered by the collector. If you're writing a program -that depends on the collector scanning dynamic library data areas, it may -be a good idea to include at least one call to `GC_is_visible` to ensure -that those areas are visible to the collector. +(See [README.win32](doc/platforms/README.win32) and +[README.win64](doc/platforms/README.win64) for Windows details.) On other +systems, pointers from dynamic library data areas may not be considered by the +collector. If you're writing a program that depends on the collector scanning +dynamic library data areas, it may be a good idea to include at least one call +to `GC_is_visible` to ensure that those areas are visible to the collector. Note that the garbage collector does not need to be informed of shared read-only data. However, if the shared library mechanism can introduce @@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ with a single compiler invocation, like this: On Windows, CMake could be used to build the library as described above or by typing `nmake -f NT_MAKEFILE`, this assumes you have Microsoft command-line -tools installed and suitably configured. See [README.win32](doc/README.win32) -for details. +tools installed and suitably configured. See +[README.win32](doc/platforms/README.win32) for details. The library is built with threads support on (i.e. for thread-safe operation) by default, unless `--disable-threads` is passed to `./configure` (or @@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ The collector currently is designed to run essentially unmodified on machines that use a flat 32-bit or 64-bit address space. That includes the vast majority of Workstations and x86 (i386 or later) PCs. -In a few cases (OS/2, Win32) a separate makefile is supplied; these have -a separate host-specific doc/README.* file. +In a few cases (e.g., OS/2, Win32) a separate makefile is supplied; these have +a separate host-specific doc/platforms/README.* file. Dynamic libraries are completely supported only under SunOS/Solaris, (and even that support is not functional on the last Sun 3 release), |