On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 04:47:29PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> Okay, folks, time to sync up your CVS trees. I've put in an arena 
> allocator for string headers. No checking for dead ones or GC yet, so 
> it still leaks like a sieve, but it leaks much faster.

:-)

> FWIW, things speed up from 80 gen/sec to 100 gen/sec on this 600MHz 
> G3 iBook, with no swapping in either case that I can detect. We'll 
> lose that when we do real GC, but for now...

If we're allowed totally arbitrary quotes (not just Lord of the Rings) in
parrot, could I suggest one inspired by your above description.

"The Jumblies" by Edward Lear starts

   They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
     In a Sieve they went to sea:
   In spite of all their friends could say,
   On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
     In a Sieve they went to sea!

Nicholas Clark
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EMCFT http://www.ccl4.org/~nick/CV.html

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