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Re: gc notes available

Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:

> Which would people prefer?
> 1) Guile becomes slower overall, but does not pause noticeable for GC.
> 2) Guile becomes faster overall, and most GC pauses become
>    unnoticable, but does still pause occsionally?

The only thing 1 is better for is games, I would think, since we are
still not providing real-time guarantees.  I vote for 2.

Generational gc is necessary to allow guile to scale up to large
problems effectively.

-russ