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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:49:26 -0500
Cc: "9fans@9fans.net" <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] remote access to audio devices
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On Dec 25, 2009, at 4:57 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
wrote:

>> Java sometimes does turn up trumps where C code struggles on machines
>> which were recently considered powerful. Other examples would be web
>
> what?
>

Could be talking about GC? I saw a paper once that described speedups
in X11 when hooked up to the Boehm collector.

I'm always sceptical about these kinds of claims.