On 2013-07-09 18:12:25 +0000, Paulo Pinto <pj...@progtools.org> said:
A bit off-topic, but well worth reading, http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/
What I'm retaining from this is that garbage collectors are wasteful. They're viable if you have a lot of RAM to spare. They cause noticeable hiccups at unpredictable times unless you have a battery-hungry overpowered CPU that makes pauses impossible to notice. And while those pauses are not that bad for non-realtime apps, all iOS apps are considered realtime by Apple because you don't want hiccups messing smooth scrolling and animations.
Also, non-deterministic deallocation makes it hard for an app to fit within a fixed memory limit.
-- Michel Fortin michel.for...@michelf.ca http://michelf.ca
