On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:15:02AM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote:
> >>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> DS> We're going to use a copying collector. When the string gets
> DS> copied as part of a compaction run things'll get cleaned up
> DS> appropriately. (Not that there's really any cleanup to do in that
> DS> case) Granted the destination string buffer will only be as big as
> DS> the source buffer 'really' is (which is to say the amount of
> DS> memory actually in the string plus the extra bit at the end, if
> DS> there is any) but that's fine.
>
> ok. i didn't realize the GC design was that far along. IIRC copying
> collectors need to have double the used space at all times to make a
> copy. is that ram tradeoff for speed? again IIRC copying is much simpler
> than mark/sweep but the ram does cost.
Ouch. I have quite often had applications that would use several hundred MB
now. If I would need double that, then that is going to hurt. I am not
familiar with copying collector GC, does anyone have a pointer to any
papers etc.
Graham.
