Runtime?

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On Wednesday, 24 May 2017 at 10:34:02 UTC, Moritz Maxeiner wrote:
> Because the garbage collector (GC) allocates a sizable chunk of 
> memory from the operating system at program startup, from which 
> it then in turn allocates memory for you when you use things 
> like dynamic closures, `new XYZ`, etc.
>
Well, that sounds just silly.

> Yes, it is. It is the price we have to pay for having a GC. If 
> the overhead bothers you, you might want to compare it with 
> other garbage collected languages (such as Go).
>

Go is a different animal because of the concurrent GC.