On 7-Oct-05, at 12:59 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Mmmm, I have thought about doing a full GC without compacting, that would save time. Anyone consider if that would work?
Well, to do a full gc we have to scan the entire object memory, mark&sweep style, and compacting after that is what gets the dead memory out of the way. Leaving free chunks lying around might not actually kill you but it seems a bit pointless. You're going to have to do it at some point anyway.
tim