Bill Schottstaedt: > > I don't think this is a problem; you can usually turn off > the GC during time-critical code, and in most cases, such code > is in C anyway (handled via a foreign function interface), and > at least in normal use, you're in control at that level. > Besides, modern hardware is far faster than people seem to > realize, and modern GC's don't spend much time on a sweep. > Gad, now I'll have to go and run some tests... > By the way, I am not able to turn off guile's garbage collector. Infact, I don't think there is a function for it, and its definitely needed. Shouldn't we try to convince the guile people to add that functionality? --
