On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 01:09:26AM +0000, forkit via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > On Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 00:11:07 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:39:40PM +0000, forkit via Digitalmars-d-learn > > wrote: [...] > > > I still remember compiling code on my 286x86 ... talk about low > > > memory..whoaaah. > > > > ... > > But if you're in a time-constrained inner loop, you do *not* want to > > be allocating memory without a second thought, lest you provoke the > > ire of the GC and get a stop-the-world pause in the wrong moment. > > E.g., when your radiotherapy dosage controller is just about to shut > > off the radiation beam, and the extra pause can mean death from > > overdose. :-P .. > > > Silly me.. if only I had used v2.098.0 ... I might still be alive. > > https://dlang.org/changelog/2.098.0.html#forkgc
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