From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Compall Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: copy-on-write (was Re: cron-walk.scm 2.1) Date: 04 Feb 2004 18:46:19 -0600 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075942703 25082 80.91.224.253 (5 Feb 2004 00:58:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 00:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 01:58:13 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AoXqP-00026l-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:58:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AoXoa-0006TV-Ny for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:56:20 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AoXnr-0006So-Rs for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:55:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AoXnL-0006Ma-R1 for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:55:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.195.228.35] (helo=csserver.evansville.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AoXnL-0006LQ-5p for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:55:03 -0500 Original-Received: from csserver.evansville.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by csserver.evansville.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i150kKlQ002347 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:46:20 -0600 Original-Received: (from sc87@localhost) by csserver.evansville.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i150kKu5002343; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:46:20 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: csserver.evansville.edu: sc87 set sender to s11@member.fsf.org using -f Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:2758 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2758 Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > fork and exec is nice but fork and load is faster (especially if the > parent preloads modules commonly used by the chidlren). On a slightly related note, I was thinking about this, but more from the memory-preservation angle, as Linux [the kernel] features copy-on-write for regular fork. Then, I realized that the memory wouldn't really be saved, not for long anyway, because when GC runs, it marks bits on everything. Is my perception correct? -- Stephen Compall or s11 or sirian QOTD: "It was so cold last winter that I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets." SSL government Reno bce Capricorn spies ICE digicash InfoSec ARPA interception halcon Khaddafi monarchist Ruby Ridge _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user