From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Rottmann Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: BDW-GC branch updated Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:19:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87r5v9s4av.fsf@delenn.lan> References: <87vdkle3qr.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250597974 3907 80.91.229.12 (18 Aug 2009 12:19:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:19:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 18 14:19:27 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MdNeu-0000KR-Jo for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:19:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51690 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MdNet-0007nz-RK for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:19:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MdNeq-0007kg-CT for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:19:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MdNel-0007bR-At for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:19:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56344 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MdNel-0007bO-5b for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:19:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33203) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MdNek-0005cU-LZ for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:19:15 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 18 Aug 2009 12:19:11 -0000 Original-Received: from 83-215-154-5.hage.dyn.salzburg-online.at (EHLO nathot.lan) [83.215.154.5] by mail.gmx.net (mp059) with SMTP; 18 Aug 2009 14:19:11 +0200 X-Authenticated: #3102804 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+FSJoFauSF8HMGULsugJ015/CmtGvJkBtZ2i9wUP tuRHVu+l6uzSZO Original-Received: by nathot.lan (Postfix, from userid 121) id E56323A691; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:19:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from delenn.lan (delenn.lan [192.168.1.11]) by nathot.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1243A672; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:19:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by delenn.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 26FD574EB3; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:19:05 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87vdkle3qr.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:54:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.58 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:9146 Archived-At: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > Hello! > > I merged `master' in the `boehm-demers-weiser-gc' branch yesterday, > which hadn't been done since before 1.9.0 (no, you won't see the 4=C2=A0M= iB+ > commit message on `guile-commits'...). > > So now is a good time to test it and report back! It requires libgc 7.1 > or later, which isn't packaged in Debian, although it was released in > May 2008. > It's in experimental since recently; I assume its maintainer will upload to unstable soonish. > > I'll post updated comparative benchmarks hopefully in the next few days. > Will going from a precise GC to BDW-GC not have drawbacks? IIRC, the PLT people went in the opposite direction. A quick google turned up this: http://www.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2006-June/013840.html I wonder if the reasons for switching to a precise GC listed in there will also apply to Guile. Rotty --=20 Andreas Rottmann --