[Shootout-list] Re: Shootout-list digest, Vol 1 #260 - 9 msgs

[Pascal Obry]

Joseph,

 > I disagree, see http://www.digitalmars.com/d/garbage.html

Yes, it is faster until the GC is launch (at any time) !

<<
* Garbage collection kicks in only when memory gets tight. When memory is not
  tight, the program runs at full speed and does not spend any time freeing
  memory.

#  It is not predictable when a collection gets run, so the program can
   arbitrarily pause.
# The time it takes for a collection to run is not bounded. While in practice
   it is very quick, this cannot be guaranteed. 
# All threads other than the collector thread must be halted while the
   collection is in progress.
>>

So let's compare a program that does not deallocate memory with one
with GC :) And I do not speak about multi-threaded programs here where
the non-GC version can be quite faster. Don't tell me that a global lock
is cheap !

Pascal.

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