Re: Garbage collector - ccl:terminate (memory stuff)
Ron Garret <[email protected]> Mon, 20 May 2024 13:36:38 -0700
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--Apple-Mail=_37D4B1D6-495D-481B-9203-FA9EEE001A53 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On May 20, 2024, at 1:19 PM, Tim Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > On 20 May 2024, at 19:29, Tim McNerney <[email protected]> wrote: >>=20 >> That the spec says nothing about garbage collection would explain why = this topic has never been on my radar.=20 >=20 > It would be astonishing if it did, because almost anything it might = say would be tantamount to mandating some specific memory-management = strategy, and that's not a language standard, it's an implementation = standard. >=20 > (My own implementation works by raising a purchase order for more = memory, then pausing until it is installed. This is a mostly-viable = approach on 64-bit systems.) What kind of computer do you have that lets you install RAM without = rebooting??? My own implementation has a paper factory at each end of an ever-growing = spool of tape, but your idea sounds better. It's getting harder and = harder to find trees around here. rg --Apple-Mail=_37D4B1D6-495D-481B-9203-FA9EEE001A53 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On May 20, 2024, at 1:19 PM, Tim Bradshaw <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta = http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">On 20 May 2024, at 19:29, = Tim McNerney <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">That the spec says <i class=3D"">nothing</i> = about garbage collection would explain why this topic has never been on = my radar. </div></blockquote><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">It = would be astonishing if it did, because almost anything it might say = would be tantamount to mandating some specific memory-management = strategy, and that's not a language standard, it's an implementation = standard.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">(My = own implementation works by raising a purchase order for more memory, = then pausing until it is installed. This is a mostly-viable = approach on 64-bit systems.)</div></div></div></blockquote><br = class=3D""></div><div>What kind of computer do you have that lets you = install RAM without rebooting???</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>My = own implementation has a paper factory at each end of an ever-growing = spool of tape, but your idea sounds better. It's getting harder = and harder to find trees around here.</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>rg</div><div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_37D4B1D6-495D-481B-9203-FA9EEE001A53--