[E-Lang] Re: restricted concurrency and optimization (wasRe: [E-Lang] E FAQ)

[Ben Laurie]

"Mark S. Miller" wrote:
> 1) It is nice to have a relocating GC, as that also plausibly rearranges
> memory for better working set behavior.  (What's the current scoop with
> this?  The last studies of this I knew were from more than twenty years ago.)

Hmmm ... there are allocators that optimise allocation for interaction
with caching, and I guess it would be relatively simple to base a
relocating GC on one of those (famous last words!).

Cheers,

Ben.

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