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Re: Is there a macro (with-no-gc...) Should there be?
- To: straz@cambridge.apple.com
- Subject: Re: Is there a macro (with-no-gc...) Should there be?
- From: fen@imagine.comedia.com (Fen Labalme)
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 17:32:57 -0800
- Cc: bc@wetware.com, info-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
- In-reply-to: (straz@cambridge.apple.com)
bc> The idea seems appealing to me, a Lisp-like "take a deep breath and..."
straz> Avoid allocating new storage in the critical
straz> section of code by preallocating everything your algorithm needs
straz> before entering it.
kinda like saying "Finite Storage Considered Harmful"
(I believe this was the subtitle of a paper from one of those LMI folk...)
Fen
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