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*
* Generational garbage collector: scavenging functions
*
+ * Scavenging means reading already copied (evacuated) objects and evactuating
+ * any pointers the object holds and updating the pointers to their new
+ * locations.
+ *
* Documentation on the architecture of the Garbage Collector can be
* found in the online commentary:
*