5 ms·
Garbage Collection, Without the Noise or the Smell (2015)
- dang 8y agoDiscussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9998912 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9998912
- furgooswft13 8y agoIndeed, the noise of panicking managers and engineers when our companies badly designed Java apps seize up due to excessive GC induced thrashing is really annoying. Luckily I don't have to deal with the smell of burning silicon since all our genius code is hosted on the cloud. What are we talking about again?
- projektir 8y agoI had the same reaction, I was wondering why NYT was writing an article baout GCs...
- GoToRO 8y agoHow is garbage collected in high-rises? 60+ stories up?
- EADGBE 8y agoChutes?
- fatnoah 8y agoAs a former 36th floor resident of an apartment building, the trash chute is second only to the views on the list of things I miss the most. When your trash can is full, simply bring the bag to the hall, open the chute door, and let it drop. Now that I own a house, the trash gets to sit in a barrel in the garage, where I get to enjoy it every day until the weekly pick up.
- EADGBE 8y agoWith two kids still in diapers, the day before trash day is always the worst.
- GoToRO 8y agoI guess trash is collected and compacted at the same time...