Thanks Matthieu.

I thought that might be the case.

I'll keep a look out as I work with Rust and ping the mailing list if I
need to cross that bridge.

Kind Regards,
Zach




On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Matthieu Monrocq <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Memory fragmentation is a potential issue in all languages that not use a
> Compacting GC, so yes.
>
> There are some attenuating circumstances in Rust, notably the fact that
> unless you use a ~ pointer the memory is allocated in a task private heap
> which is entirely recycled at the death of the task, but memory
> fragmentation is always a  potential issue.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Zach Moazeni <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm starting to explore Rust, and as someone who has primarily worked in
>> GC'd languages I'm curious if I need to watch out for anything related to
>> memory fragmentation. Or if Rust or LLVM is doing something under the
>> covers where this is less of an issue.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Zach
>>
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