On Wednesday, 2 January 2013 at 11:41:33 UTC,
DythroposTheImposter wrote:
I'm interested in how the new LuaJIT GC ends up performing.
But overall I can't say I have much hope for GC right now.
GC/D = Generally Faster allocation. Has a cost associated with
every living object.
C++ = Generally Slower allocation, but while it is alive there
is no cost.
So as the heap grows, the GC language falls behind.
This seems to be the case in every language I've looked at
this uses a GC.
As a former user from Native Oberon and BlueBottle OS back in the
late 90's, I can attest that the GC was fast enough for powering
a single user desktop operating system.
Surely there are cases where it is an issue, mainly due to
hardware constraints.
While I am a GC supporter, I wouldn't like to fly in an airplane
with a GC system, but a few missile radar systems are controled
with GC based systems (Ground Master 400). So who knows?!
--
Paulo
