Comments on: p = mv (aka Momentum) http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/ life and tech stuff by Evan Phoenix Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hongli Lai http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-8054 Hongli Lai Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:05:37 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-8054 Hi. I'm contacting you through this form because I can't seem to find contact details for Rubinius developers. You don't seem to have a mailing list either. I've spent the past half year working on making Ruby's garbage collector more copy-on-write friendly. To make a long story short: copy-on-write semantics on modern Unix systems makes it possible save a lot of memory in Ruby server applications, but Ruby's garbage collector modifies objects every time it scans through the heap, thus rendering copy-on-write semantics useless. My patches fix that. I'm wondering whether Rubinius's garbage collector is/will be copy-on-write friendly. I'm also wondering whether it's a simple mark-and-sweep GC or a generational GC. If you're interested in discussion, please email me. :) Thanks. Hi.

I’m contacting you through this form because I can’t seem to find contact details for Rubinius developers. You don’t seem to have a mailing list either.

I’ve spent the past half year working on making Ruby’s garbage collector more copy-on-write friendly. To make a long story short: copy-on-write semantics on modern Unix systems makes it possible save a lot of memory in Ruby server applications, but Ruby’s garbage collector modifies objects every time it scans through the heap, thus rendering copy-on-write semantics useless. My patches fix that.
I’m wondering whether Rubinius’s garbage collector is/will be copy-on-write friendly. I’m also wondering whether it’s a simple mark-and-sweep GC or a generational GC. If you’re interested in discussion, please email me. :)

Thanks.

]]> By: Charles Lowe http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-8007 Charles Lowe Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:59:37 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-8007 Totally kickass. The ruby specs is just one of the fantastic side effects of the project. Looking forward to when the focus shifts to performance. Totally kickass.

The ruby specs is just one of the fantastic side effects of the project.

Looking forward to when the focus shifts to performance.

]]> By: Jamie Orchard-Hays http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7973 Jamie Orchard-Hays Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:54:33 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7973 Absolutely awesome. Absolutely awesome.

]]> By: retnuH Kelly http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7946 retnuH Kelly Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:34:31 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7946 Awesome! I haven't been around the past couple weeks, but that's great news! Awesome! I haven’t been around the past couple weeks, but that’s great news!

]]> By: OH-YEAH http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7941 OH-YEAH Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:37:42 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7941 OH-YEAH! OH-YEAH!

]]> By: Fernando Correia http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7931 Fernando Correia Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:06:37 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7931 Congratulations for the team. Awesome work! Congratulations for the team. Awesome work!

]]> By: Richard Heycock http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7925 Richard Heycock Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:47:39 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7925 This is the most exciting thing I read for a while! Fantastic work! Oh and I think we all owe you beer -- lots of it. This is the most exciting thing I read for a while! Fantastic work! Oh and I think we all owe you beer — lots of it.

]]> By: kirk http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7915 kirk Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:00:55 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7915 *highfive* *highfive*

]]> By: Chris http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7848 Chris Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:21:59 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7848 Inching closer!!! Great stuff, Inching closer!!! Great stuff,

]]> By: Tom Mornini http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7846 Tom Mornini Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:56:31 +0000 http://evanphx.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/p-mv-aka-momentum/#comment-7846 Fantastic news, Evan! It really is exciting now that almost every commit fixes issues in real world code. The community is clearly electrified, and is also growing impressively. Tthe body of specs is just fantastic, and I love the momentum that you've maintained there. Congrats to you and the team. Fantastic news, Evan!

It really is exciting now that almost every commit fixes issues in real world code. The community is clearly electrified, and is also growing impressively.

Tthe body of specs is just fantastic, and I love the momentum that you’ve maintained there.

Congrats to you and the team.

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