From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,df05246395602224 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Jon S Anthony Subject: Re: Variable-block memory managers bad in realtime Date: 1997/12/31 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 311736670 References: Distribution: world Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: gwinn@res.ray.com (Joe Gwinn) writes: > > Second, you should probably take a look at some of the work on > > allocators and collectors in the GC literature. Including stuff on > > compaction. Many of these do indeed have guranteed worst case > > behaviors. In particular, check out Henry Baker's work on this stuff > > (including his realtime GC papers). These may or may not work for > > you, but unless you are targetting realtime engine control, or some > > such, they will likely be OK. > > Will do. Do you have more specific references? Thanks. HB's paper repository: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/home.html UT (Paul Wilson) GC repository: ftp://ftp.cs.utexas.edu/pub/garbage/ > We are doing the equivalent of engine control in many places. If that's really true (with cycle times measured in microseconds), this stuff isn't going to work for you. /Jon -- Jon Anthony Synquiry Technologies, Ltd., Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari