From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2010-03-25T04:32:29+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:28953] Re: st.c: pool allocator for tables and	entries

Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I started playing around with pool allocator for Ruby 1.9 for hashes. �I
> > cooked this up for an app that generates lots of Hashes. �After getting
> > some performance improvements from tweaking constants inside gc.c for
> > the app and using bsdmalloc[1], I still got a ~10% runtime reduction
> > with this small change (for one particular app).
> 
> > Further testing and benchmarks results on different apps and comments
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> running it against the RBS might be interesting.

It's on my to-do list, but I'm hoping an independent, unbiased source
will try it, too.

-- 
Eric Wong