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Re:Chris Lattner on garbage collection vs. Automatic Referen... by davnn on Sunday April 24, 2022 @12:44AM (#31141361)
CUDA.jl apparently uses Julia‘s GC to free up GPU resources, see https://cuda.juliagpu.org/stable/usage/memory/
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Re:Chris Lattner on garbage collection vs. Automatic Referen... by 12thwonder on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:51AM (#31141605)
good to know, thanks!

I personally would like to know when the GPU resources become available (freed) thus still inclined to prefer RC over GC tho.

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