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I've got a little secret: We do the same thing in native code. malloc() and free() can be almost as expensive as a GC in aggregate(it's a matter of paying the

I've got a little secret: We do the same thing in native code. malloc() and free() can be almost as expensive as a GC in aggregate(it's a matter of paying the cost at creation vs GC time). Pooling is a really nice performance tool, just requires a bit of hand tuning to the scenario.

iamcreasy 11y ago
So Pooling is a performance tool for both cases? Native and GC.
- pmalynin 11y ago
  Pooling has a lot of nice properties, like data locality that games can benefit from greatly especially in situations relying on tight loop like calling update on every game component or particle.
  - vvanders 11y ago
    Yup, sadly that's something you lose in GC'd languages.