Re: Guile + Boehm GC: First Remarks

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

"Mikael Djurfeldt" <address@hidden> writes:

> Yet, as long as the current GC is more efficient (as measured by
> performance tests), there is no reason to switch, right?

Well, it's still unclear whether the current GC is more efficient, and
how much more if it is.  Furthermore, the GBGC code is a few weeks old
so it may be possible to tune it a bit more.

IMO, although I'm quite concerned with performance, I don't think it
should be the only criterion: maintainability and portability are
important as well.  The fact that Bigloo uses BGC also tends to reassure
me: if Guile can someday perform as bad as Bigloo compiled code (or
simply, as bad as its interpreter), then I'll be very happy.  ;-)

Thanks,
Ludovic.