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RE: OK, what about some resolution (Re: GUILE's GC - why we struggling to solve already solved problems?)
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- Subject: RE: OK, what about some resolution (Re: GUILE's GC - why we struggling to solve already solved problems?)
- From: Brent Fulgham <brent dot fulgham at xpsystems dot com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:38:31 -0700
>
> I don't know how the rest of the Gang of Four feels about this issue,
> but speaking for myself:
>
> If someone can post benchmarking results that come out in favor of
> Boehm --- even comparisons with Guile's non-generational GC --- I'll
> start pushing for it. It would be nice for Guile to be able to ride
> on top of Boehm's efforts. Boehm's GC has become a focal point for GC
> hacking, and it would be nice for us to take advantage of that.
>
For what it's worth, MzScheme uses the Boehm GC and is a fairly fast
implementation. It might be worth looking at their code to see what
(if any) performance tweaks were used.
-Brent