From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id IAA11894; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:15:18 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA11772 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:15:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h3B6FF904787 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:15:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 62116 invoked from network); 11 Apr 2003 06:15:14 -0000 Received: from arda.pair.com (HELO compaqreview.d6.com) (209.68.1.133) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 11 Apr 2003 06:15:14 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.1.133 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030410230929.04b20cf8@localhost> X-Sender: checker@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:10:20 -0800 To: Shivkumar Chandrasekaran , caml-list@inria.fr From: Chris Hecker Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Slow GC problem In-Reply-To: <6FA5A4AF-6B9A-11D7-B23F-000393942C76@ece.ucsb.edu> References: <2E57564C-69AC-11D7-B7DE-0003930FCE12@inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam: no; 0.00; hecker:01 checker:01 caml-list:01 malloc:01 gc'd:01 soundness:01 chris:01 bigarray:01 profile:98 garbage:01 stubs:01 reasoning:02 collector:02 slow:05 mean:05 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk >What if I modified bigarray_stubs.c to use the malloc and free calls of >the Boehm gc (6.1-4) garbage collector? My reasoning is that malloc is >performing poorly due to fragmentation, and switching to a gc'd version >might help out. >Before I try this I would like some feedback from the list on the >soundness of this idea. I don't mean to be a nag, but did you profile your application yet? A very wise programmer once said, "Assume Nothing". Chris ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners