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
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