Antony Dovgal wrote: > On 08.09.2007 19:34, Andi Gutmans wrote: >> When we all get a copy of the patch and get a chance to test it seriously >> we'll know more. >> I'm all in favor of having GC and very enthusiastic about this coming about >> but I doubt you can >> call it well enough tested. When we made memory manager changes in the past >> there were bugs >> which were only found after a public release. > > Agree, real life tests are proven to be much more effective than any > synthetic one can imagine. > >> Also, if GC slows certain situations down there may well be companies who >> would prefer to run without it. >> Facebook is probably a good example of a company where every % matters. > > If these companies really do worry about this %, why don't they participate > in development and/or testing? > I don't recall seeing any contributions or even feedback from Facebook or > alike, do you?
Facebook is quite active in APC development. And yes, if it turns out to be 10% slower, a lot of sites are going to want to run without it. For scripts that aren't very complex and don't run for a long time, GC simply isn't a very interesting feature. -Rasmus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
