[cap-talk] Persistence as a cap value (was: Re: ...PLASH discussion)

[Sandro Magi]

Karp, Alan H wrote:
>> How did you deal with lost objects and
>> their potential costs?  I consider the issues of lost objects and
>> "lost" (whether legitimately 'lost' or just disabled by a restart)
>> capabilities related.
>>
> Clients had quotas and were charged for the space used when they created an entry or modified an existing one.  We had a garbage collection algorithm for unreachable objects that was far simpler than any of us expected.  The algorithm relied on our use of path-based capabilities, i.e., "no introduction by default", which differs from what everyone else does.

Were remote machines assumed to be running a trusted runtime? If not, 
how did the GC work? (assuming you can divulge that of course)

Sandro