Re: GC pros and cons
Re: GC pros and cons
- Subject: Re: GC pros and cons
- From: Chris Idou <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:15:38 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 24, 2009, at 18:19, Jeff Laing wrote:
> we regularly cache hundreds of thousands of objects from a persistent (relational) store and it is absolutely critical to us that the instant that those objects aren't required, they give their
> memory back - that's how we can run in a machine with only(?) 1 gig of ram. So I'm one of those people I mentioned earlier that really really cares that cleanup happens as soon as
> possible, not
That's the kind of scenario where an object database usually has the correct semantics. Objects are created in a pool, and usually you want them all freed when the transaction ends.
Still, I don't see why GC wouldn't also work. People seem to have a perception that GC programs must always be bloated and late in cleaning up. That's probably not a correct assumption.
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