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		hypertele-Xii on Sept 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conservative GC can be faster than precise GC You're thinking in terms of space, now consider the same concept in the dimension of time. Branch misprediction is a permanent loss. You will never get those nanoseconds back.

paulddraper on Sept 10, 2024 [–]

Yes, you have to wait longer.

Space inefficiencies require you to install more memory.

hypertele-Xii on Sept 11, 2024 | [–]

If you exhaust memory, it gets paged to disk, increasing access latency. I.e. You have to wait longer.

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