So, if I manage to do that, how could I propose a patch to Apple? Also, is there anyone on this list that could give me some guidance on how to build Apple's libobjc from source?
Em 30/09/2015, às 01:15, Jens Alfke escreveu: > >> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:34 PM, Paulo H. Taka Torrens <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Well, this probably could be turned on/off using a environment variable >> (something like OBJC_CYCLE_GC)... but the point is that the overhead >> shouldn't be that big; Inferno's algorithm was projected to do really small >> steps each time, so that it wouldn't have to suddenly stop-the-world as most >> GCs. > > Which is cool; but it’s still going to lower overall performance by some > amount. (Back in the day, the rule of thumb was that any garbage collector > would add at least ~10% overhead to the CPU time taken by a typical program.) > >> I'm still testing the runtime overhead on GNUStep, but I believe that the >> overhead will be really small. I would probably be able to test the same >> thing for Apple's as well (if I manage to build it from source…). > > That would be cool! > > —Jens > > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Objc-language mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/objc-language/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
