Re: [Hampshire] [Tech] The 'speed of a language'

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Author: Vic
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Tech] The 'speed of a language'
> It's not uncommon to find the GC running as a lower priority task to
> claim real-time improvements. Still isn't all that predictable though.


If the app requires that the garbage be collected from time to time (i.e.
it uses that heap), then you have an effective priority inversion: the
high-priority app will be prevented from operating until the low-priority
GC has completed.

So all this does is to shift the problem, not fix it. :-(

Vic.