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Greg Harvey <Greg.Harvey@thezone.net> writes: > hjstein@bfr.co.il (Harvey J. Stein) writes, re: Maciej Stachowiak's > suggestion of hobbit compiling startup files: > > > I *strongly* agree. It's not just startup time that's helped. It's > > *also* run time in *2* different ways: > > > > 1. The compiled code itself runs faster. > > 2. The compiled code isn't in the data space so GC doesn't have to > > scan it. > > > > And, yes, a generational GC will help with 2, but a) it won't help > > with 1 & b) when's *that* going to happen? > > > > Hopefully soon, provided I stop forgetting really important things > when figuring out how to implement it. I'm intending to put up notes > on my web site soon on how I'm planning on going about it (I'd do it > now, but I'm not completely sure yet ;). I've been a bit iffy about > saying anything on the list, in case it prevents someone else who > could get it much done much more quickly from working on it, but since > that doesn't seem to have happened up until now, I'm doubting that > there's too many people falling all over themselves to build a better > guile gc ;) Have you checked out Wilson's survey of gc techniques? -- Harvey J. Stein BFM Financial Research hjstein@bfr.co.il