On 05/20/2012 11:37 AM, Stefan Seifert wrote: > Generational garbage collection is not that difficult. When you have a working > mark& sweep GC, extending it to be generational is rather straight forward > and can greatly reduce GC runtime
Runtime, yes, but not latency bounds. You still have to touch the whole heap eventually. But you're right: allocating objects into generations and only mark/reaping from the most recent one on most iterations is a straightforward optimization and will definitely make things faster. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel