On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 11:52:27AM -0800, Daniel Rall wrote:
> For sure! We've been fighting with GC for a while now even with
> incremental GC on, Hotspot eventually fills its heap. When that
> happens, Hotspot switches over to non-incremental GC, and GC's large
> amounts of memory at a time (which of course takes large amounts of
> time!). From the user's perspective, the appliction can be
> non-repsonsive for extended periods. This makes using it no fun.
>
> Gonzalo, thanks for the great forward.
Indeed - that all makes lots of sense. Loads of RAM is great until you
use it all and then it becomes a PITA. Definitely a great tip.
--
Sean Legassick
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