Re: [Caml-list] concurrent gc?

[Raoul Duke <raould@gmail.com>]

> Most programs spend a minority of their time in garbage collection.
> Even if the new GC thread did not slow down the main program,
> possible speedup would be less than 2x, probably well under 50%.

thanks! gotchya.

I should have noted that my main concern is with pauses, not with
overall speedup. In other words: in interactive apps, pauses are
eeeeeevil.

> For technical reasons, offloading major collections in OCaml is easier
> than offloading minor collections, so the potential benefit is less.

I am guessing you mean that major collections just don't happen that
often, at least if people write their code in a non-pathalogical
fashion? :)

sincerely.