[Haskell-cafe] Re: Re: What is Haskell unsuitable for?

[Max Bolingbroke]

On 19 June 2010 16:06, Maciej Piechotka <uzytkownik2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem is that:
>  - GHC GC can run at any moment
>  - It is stop-the-world GC
>  - There is no upper limit on how long GHC GC will run
>
> I have no experience with real-time applications however.

Curt Sampson had an experience report at ICFP last year about his
experience with Haskell for a real time application
(http://www.starling-software.com/blogimg/tsac/s5/2009-09-01-icfp.html).
He reported no issues with GC speed in practice.

Cheers,
Max