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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by tick_tock_tick on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @03:29PM (#22240573)
I mean if you read Twitch's hack they intentionally did it in code so they didn't need to tune the GC parameter. They wanted to avoid all environment config.
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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by firethief on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @03:37PM (#22240664)
I missed that part. I thought they would use a parameter if it were available, because they said this:

> For those interested, there is a proposal to add a target heap size flag to the GC which will hopefully make its way into the Go runtime soon.

What's wrong with the existing parameter?

I'm sure they aren't going this far to avoid all environment config without a good reason, but any good reason would be a flaw in some part of their stack.

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