A smaller GC benchmark

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:48:00 +0200, Robert Fraser <fraserofthenight at gmail.com> wrote:

> FWIW, I don't think non-moving GCs will ever be able to outperform a
> well-tuned generational collector. But I'm not exactly in the know about
> these things, so I may be wrong.

I'm not sure if generational collectors are moving GCs, but since you're comparing them to non-moving GCs I'll add that a moving GC needs full knowledge of type information to work properly. While confusing an integer for a pointer may be a forgiveable mistake for non-moving GCs, it's not for a moving GC. I think D isn't ready for that yet (especially considered that both Phobos and Tango maintainers/users insist on void[] being a type that's allowed to hold pointers).

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