I don't think such research wasn't considered, it's been used constantly in many projects since.
The reason why some platforms have "silly" choices like stop the world M&S GC, or interpreters with AST walking is, likely, that optimization wasn't a goal in the original implementation and it's hard to retrofit it while keeping compatibility.
Comments
Isn't it actually kind of sad, that such important researches don't get considered until 40 or 50 years later?
I don't think such research wasn't considered, it's been used constantly in many projects since.
The reason why some platforms have "silly" choices like stop the world M&S GC, or interpreters with AST walking is, likely, that optimization wasn't a goal in the original implementation and it's hard to retrofit it while keeping compatibility.