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 I've never written a garbage collector before.  Now I know what it is
 and how it works.
 
+**STATUS:**
+
+**December 30, 2016:** This project is **complete.** No new features are
+being considered.
+
 **DETAILS:**
 
 The collector Nystrom wrote is a simple bi-color mark-and-sweep