GC options. Reply

[Marc van Dongen]

S.D.Mechveliani (mechvel@math.botik.ru) wrote:

: > Issue 1: should the maximum heap size be unbounded by default?
: > Currently the maximum heap size is bounded at 64M. 
: > [..]
: >	1. remove the default limit altogether
: >	2. raise the default limit
: >	3. no change
: 
: Put the default to  30M.

That seems to be on the low side.
Obviously people's opinions will
always differ.

Why not introduce environment
variables to allow for people to
set their own defauls settings?

Regards,


Marc [still lurking] van Dongen
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