On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 12:43 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: > Sam Lauber writes: > > I know that Bohem's GC is used in the Java runtime for GCC. > > However, the compiler proper itself can _really_ cramp people's > > avalible RAM (for those who don't belive me and have Windows w/ > > DJGPP, change all the memory controls from `auto' to the highest > > value and just try to compile libiberty/regex.c), so my suggestion > > is usage of Bohem's GC in the compiler proper itself. > > Do you have any reason to believe that such a change would reduce > memory consumption?
I should note this is a loaded question, because anyone who has actually tried using boehm's gc with gcc will tell you the memory usage actually increases, not decreases. It's almost as if conservative mark and sweep is not going to work as well as accurate mark and sweep. > > Andrew.
