mfairview

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   by mfairview 17y ago

   Systems can get large enough that it would take a few seconds for GC to complete thereby causing unacceptable latency (especially if you need to meet strict SLAs). Consider a caching datastructure that needs to be constantly updated with f
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   by mfairview 17y ago

   With .Net there's also the issue with disposables of native resources. Also, if you're call takes a bit of time to complete, even automatic objects could get promoted up the generational chain unexpectedly. Take a look at the GC with MSof
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   by mfairview 17y ago

   Sorry if my comments don't agree with you. I work on a system that takes in multibillion hits a day so do know a little about this argument. What's your background? We use lots of caches to improve our speed but caching doesn't really do
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   by mfairview 17y ago

   +1. Well said. They're joking themselves if they think Linux + Java is any better. For systems where speed is of the essence and latency is intollerable, a managed language will simply not do whether it's .net or java.