Not to detract from your general point, but I believe that this specific situation was addressed in Go 1.18's GC pacer rework: https://github.com/golang/proposa

Not to detract from your general point, but I believe that this specific situation was addressed in Go 1.18's GC pacer rework: https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/44167-gc-pacer-redesign.md https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/44167-....