On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 21:46 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:51:35AM +0000, Jon Phillips wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 10:25 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:55:25PM +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > > > > Isn't inkscape still a memory pig? > > > > [..snip..] > > how memory leaks could bring OLPC (or other systems with limited > > resources) to its knees quickly. > > FYI, I believe inkscape uses a garbage collection strategy, at least > partially. Careful tuning of GC parameters may prove fruitful.
Yes, Inkscape uses the Boehm Garbage Collector. We have focused much on memory/requirement shrinkage and will do so more in the future. Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
