I've just started playing around with 64-bit (linux) lispworks, and so far I'm really amazed by the speed and quality of this beast. I've tried to read the documentation of the new GC scheme, but I'm still not sure if I understand how it's working. Specifically, I'm not sure if I need to do any manual collection of long-lived objects in 64-bit lispworks (in 32-bit lispworks, I do a mark-and-sweep every now and then)...? -- (espen)
Espen Vestre <ev@netfonds.no> writes: > still not sure if I understand how it's working. Specifically, I'm > not sure if I need to do any manual collection of long-lived objects > in 64-bit lispworks (in 32-bit lispworks, I do a mark-and-sweep > every now and then)...? What I really wanted to ask is whether the blocking generation is collected automatically, I guess... -- (espen)
Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com> writes: > Yes, it can -- see SYSTEM:SET-GEN-NUM-GC-THRESHOLD. Ah, thanks! So since the default value for all generations is 1, even the blocking generation will be automatically collected as soon as its allocation is doubled? -- (espen)
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