[GHC] #3061: GHC's GC default heap growth strategy is not as good as other runtimes

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#3061: GHC's GC default heap growth strategy is not as good as other runtimes
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    Reporter:  dons                      |        Owner:                  
        Type:  run-time performance bug  |       Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal                    |    Milestone:  6.12 branch     
   Component:  Runtime System            |      Version:  6.10.1          
    Severity:  normal                    |   Resolution:                  
    Keywords:  performance, GC           |   Difficulty:  Unknown         
    Testcase:  yes                       |           Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple          |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 I'm guessing Java -server, and Scala, which also uses Java -server, uses
 quite aggressive heap settings, using more memory (they both use over
 500M).  Whereas we opt for more a conservative policy by default, to use
 less memory.  You could probably argue that `-server` is a GC setting :-)

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