Just be aware, that Erlang VM doesn't even come close to the performance of the JVM. For example, Erjang (Erlang on the JVM) runs up to 6000% faster than stock Erlang: http://codemesh.io/slides/kresten-krab-thorup.pdf
So it's a trade-off like most things. The JVM takes a bit more memory from the OS, and doesn't like to give it back, but on the upside you get the world's fastest VM to run on. Just an appeal to future readers of this thread to consider all the pros/cons before locking onto a single one (like perceived memory usage). Timothy On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Gary Trakhman <gary.trakh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Elixir's pretty neat. Apologies for the jvm :-). > > > On Thursday, January 9, 2014, gvim wrote: > >> After careful consideration I've concluded that, coming from a dynamic >> scripting language background, I just don't have the time or inclination to >> nurse-maid the JVM so Clojure isn't for me. Tuning GC and memory allocation >> doesn't seem to be necessary with Elixir on the Erlang VM which borrows a >> lot from Clojure yet retains the syntax style of Ruby. >> >> gvim >> >> >> On 10/01/2014 01:46, Gary Trakhman wrote: >> >>> Yes, this is exactly the behavior I was expecting. >>> >>> 14Mb is your actual memory footprint, the rest is waste due to the JVMs >>> aggressive memory retention policy. See my earlier comment about trying >>> the G1 garbage collector and these: >>> https://twitter.com/gtrakGT/status/402569842361790464 >>> http://www.stefankrause.net/wp/?p=14 >>> >>> Somewhere there was a java bug reported that explicitly blamed the CMS >>> collector, I can't find it at the moment, but that is the default >>> collector in -server mode. >>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.” (Robert Firth) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
