Daniel Berlin writes: > 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.
Astonshing, isn't it? :-) To be fair to the Boehm gc, though: it isn't inherently a conservative collector, but will also do precise gc. Andrew.
