tl;dr: Reference counting and mark/sweep are just extreme points on a *continuum* of GC approaches. Optimizations of RC tend to give it characteristics of tracing, and vice versa.
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One very interesting insight: The write barrier for a generational GC is a form of reference counting. Thus a generational GC is actually just a hybrid of reference counting and tracing GC!
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