From: Chris Thomas <chris@...>
Date: 2003-07-22T03:20:55+09:00
Subject: Re: matz thoughts on Rite ?


On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Lothar Scholz wrote:

>> * will Rite use Mark&Sweep GC or something else ?
>
> I hope that it will use Boehm GC for garbage collection instead of its
> own solution that must be tested and developed separate.
>
> I'm using Boehm GC in my eiffel programs and it is much better then
> the proprietary (but clever) GC implementation that SmartEiffel is
> using. And the new versions use all capabilities of multi processor
> machines. Something import in the future.
>
> I'm willing to volunteer with the GC integration if it will ever leave
> the vapourware phase. But remember that the GC decision must be done
> very early.

There's been talk about a generational garbage collector customized for 
Ruby in the past. Boehm is mostly a conservative mark&sweep, IIRC. In 
any case, it should be possible to do better than Boehm, which largely 
lives within the restraints imposed by supporting C and C++.

Chris