[OT] Why mobile web apps are slow

[Paulo Pinto]

On Wednesday, 10 July 2013 at 13:30:26 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> thedeemon:
>
>> No mature GCed languages behave that bad.
>
> I think there is one JavaVM that manages to avoid part of the 
> problem you explain (and maybe it needs special kernel 
> support). I think all other JavaVMs suffer it, more or less.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

Yes, the C4 garbage collector in the Azul JVM

http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zing/whatisit

http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zing/c4-java-garbage-collector-wp

They used to have special hardware, but now they use standard 
kernels.

RedHat is also planning to have a go at it for the OpenJDK,

http://rkennke.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/shenandoah-a-pauseless-gc-for-openjdk/


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Paulo