[Haskell-cafe] GHC 7.0.1 developer challenges

[John D. Ramsdell]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  The -M flag causes the GC algorithm to switch from copying (fast but
> hungry) to compaction (slow but frugal) as the limit approaches.

Ah, so that's what it's doing.  My measurements say that part of the
code is working well.  Of course, my conclusion is based on a tiny
sample size.

John