Re: the future of Guile

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Roland Orre <address@hidden> writes:

> If the GC should be replaced I would consider it wise to
> replace it with an algorithm than can be run in a thread.

HBGC can be configured with `--enable-parallel-mark'.  The `GC_MARKERS'
environment variable then sets the number of marker threads.

> Regarding GC I also think it is could be useful to have a GC that
> can compact the memory and of course give allocated memory back to
> the OS when no longer needed.

HBGC doesn't compact memory and does not either give unused memory back
to the OS (current GC doesn't either).

Thanks,
Ludovic.