Conspiracy Theory #1

[Rainer Deyke]

dsimcha wrote:
> == Quote from Rainer Deyke (rainerd at eldwood.com)'s article
>> Yes, but a moving GC needs to be 100% precise, not 99.99999%.
> 
> Not if you allow pinning, which we'd need anyhow for untyped, conservatively
> scanned memory blocks.

If you allow pinning then you no longer get the full benefits of a
moving gc.  It would be nice to be able to trade untyped, conservatively
scanned memory blocks for a better gc.


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Rainer Deyke - rainerd at eldwood.com