Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Stuttering problems with big-bang

2013-08-08 Thread Robby Findler
Hi Jack: the entire system freezes when the GC happens and the numbers you report match up with what I'd expect to be very annoying stuttering. (And just for the record, it doesn't skip frames -- it just doesn't update anything or draw any new frames during the GC.) Can you tell us more about your

Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Stuttering problems with big-bang

2013-08-08 Thread Matthias Felleisen
Truth in advertising: big-bang skips frames in certain circumstances -- when handlers take too long -- so if the GC kicks in when a handler runs, it is possible that the eventual result is a skip. Robby: do you think Jack's program would benefit from a forced gc before big-bang runs? (I can

Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Stuttering problems with big-bang

2013-08-08 Thread Robby Findler
I don't think so no. But we could try. His code is linked in the dirt post in the thread. On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > Truth in advertising: > > big-bang skips frames in certain circumstances -- when handlers take too > long -- so if the GC kicks in when a handler r

Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Stuttering problems with big-bang

2013-08-08 Thread Robby Findler
Sorry: first post. Here's the link: https://gist.github.com/Universalist235/6171371 Robby On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Robby Findler wrote: > I don't think so no. But we could try. > > His code is linked in the dirt post in the thread. > > > On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Matthias Felleisen w

Re: [racket-dev] [plt] Push #27263: master branch updated

2013-08-08 Thread Eric Dobson
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:50 AM, wrote: > asumu has updated `master' from a8405eb77d to 24e55c1faa. > http://git.racket-lang.org/plt/a8405eb77d..24e55c1faa > > =[ 2 Commits ]== > Directory summary: > 76.4% pkgs/htdp-pkgs/htdp-doc/teachpac

Re: [racket-dev] [plt] Push #27263: master branch updated

2013-08-08 Thread Asumu Takikawa
On 2013-08-08 10:01:41 -0700, Eric Dobson wrote: > Was this addition intentional? No, thanks for catching it. Cheers, Asumu _ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev

Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Stuttering problems with big-bang

2013-08-08 Thread Matthias Felleisen
All I get are "stalls" many seconds (minute) into running the game if I run it from drracket. The command line version doesn't stutter at all. So no, running a GC right ahead of big-bang isn't going to solve that problem. Jack, I have taken the liberty to rewrite your game in a more Rackety st