> * Duncan Murdoch <zheqbpu.qha...@tznvy.pbz> [2012-08-28 21:06:33 -0400]: > > On 12-08-28 5:55 PM, Sam Steingold wrote: >>> * R. Michael Weylandt <zvpunry.jrlyn...@tznvy.pbz> [2012-08-28 13:45:35 >>> -0500]: >>> >>>> always you shouldn't need manual garbage collection. >> >> my observation is that gc in R sucks. >> (it cannot release small objects). >> this is not specific to R; ocaml suffers too. > > Sorry, I didn't realize you were just a troll
I am not. I am referring here to a very specific deficiency which plagues all non-moving GCs. I am sorry if I offended you somehow, I do appreciate your insight. -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) X 11.0.11103000 http://www.childpsy.net/ http://think-israel.org http://mideasttruth.com http://thereligionofpeace.com http://www.memritv.org http://camera.org main(a){printf(a,34,a="main(a){printf(a,34,a=%c%s%c,34);}",34);} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.