Re[2]: ghc releasing memory during compilation

2006-03-22 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Ketil, Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 11:02:49 AM, you wrote: of course, any complicated algorithm can be a result of long researches and so we are far from such algorithms. my words is more a rhetorical point than concrete suggestion. that's real on this moment: 1) tune the ghc algorithm to k

Re[2]: ghc releasing memory during compilation

2006-03-17 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello John, Thursday, March 16, 2006, 4:00:34 AM, you wrote: JM> the best solution would be for ghc's garbage collector to periodically JM> call getrusage(2) and look at the number of page faults and swaps it is JM> causing and switch to compaction when it sees a jump in that. just some more tho

Re[2]: ghc releasing memory during compilation

2006-03-16 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello John, Thursday, March 16, 2006, 4:00:34 AM, you wrote: >> i suggest checking of AVAILABLE physical ram, that is perfectly >> possible in windows JM> the problem is that available physical ram is wasted ram. any good os JM> will never let there be any available ram because it will fill it u

Re[2]: ghc releasing memory during compilation

2006-03-13 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Simon, Monday, March 13, 2006, 3:40:21 PM, you wrote: >> just to check available PHYSICAL memory he answered that he don't know >> that is physical memory, only virtual memory matters SM> I think that's a mischaracterisation of what I said. Actually I said SM> that I didn't understand yo