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Re:Why I love Go by nurettin on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:29AM (#15858770)
Golang solves memory fragmentation by allocating more intelligently. I assume you know about tcmalloc?
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Re:Why I love Go by tychver on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @09:15AM (#15861149)
Go merely adopts a different strategy which quietly fucks you in a different set of circumstances: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15823683
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Re:Why I love Go by pcwalton on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @11:38AM (#15862453)
HotSpot's memory fragmentation solution is superior, because it has a semispace copying collector in the nursery.
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