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Re:What every programmer should know about memory (2007) by rootlocus on Friday November 20, 2015 @11:34AM (#10602068)
I'll remember that the next time I'm using python.
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Re:What every programmer should know about memory (2007) by azinman2 on Friday November 20, 2015 @12:06PM (#10602290)
Or Java or go or ruby or Scala or php or....
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Re:What every programmer should know about memory (2007) by vvanders on Friday November 20, 2015 @12:18PM (#10602365)
Still very much relevant in Java if you don't want your GC to churn like mad.

Heck even some of the cache aware algorithms can be taken advantage of with some smart use of ByteBuffers to get a 10-50x improvement in performance.

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Re:What every programmer should know about memory (2007) by azinman2 on Friday November 20, 2015 @01:35PM (#10602923)
Few applications need this... mostly in the financial space. The GC is quite good at quick temp objects these days.
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Re:What every programmer should know about memory (2007) by jheriko on Monday November 30, 2015 @02:58PM (#10651367)
i'm not sure using a dynamic late scripting language is an excuse for pretending memory is infinite. :)

but yes... i do have frustration from "highly skilled native programmers" who seem to think that memory is a boundless resource and then complain that something like 32GB is a constrained memory environment when it is the exact opposite.

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