On 04/19/2011 10:26 AM, John Clements wrote:
On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:27 AM, Kevin Tew wrote:
The configure script has been changed to enable places by default.
Note: places are NOT enabled by default for the upcoming V5.1.1 release.
This means that parallel zo and doc builds will use places instead of processes.
Should I expect to see speed or space differences as a result of this change?
Will the one process be about the same size as the sum of the old two (or three
or ...) ?
No significant speed or space differences.
Yes the size should be ~ the sum of the old two (or three or ...) processes
Hoping for magical things,
That's the next step, remove duplication and Increase sharing of constant.
Using something similar to Jay's serializable closures is also a
possible, future magical thing.
Kevin
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