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 KAA16306; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:18:16 +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 KAA26180 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:18:14 +0200 (MET DST) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from smtp-ft1.fr.colt.net (smtp-ft1.fr.colt.net [213.41.78.25]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h9N8ID105800 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:18:13 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from tahiti (host.194.193.23.62.rev.coltfrance.com [62.23.193.194]) by smtp-ft1.fr.colt.net with ESMTP id h9N8HsM26062; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:17:56 +0200 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:17:46 +0200 From: Chris Hecker Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Slow GC problem 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 Message-ID: To: Shivkumar Chandrasekaran , caml-list@inria.fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Organization: MIRIAD Technologies User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3144 X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; hecker:01 checker:01 caml-list:01 malloc:01 malloc:01 gc'd:01 soundness:01 bug:01 faq:01 faq:01 beginner's:01 beginners:01 bin:01 chris:01 chris:01 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 ------------------- 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