100x? (Was: http://gcc.gnu.org/java/done.html)

Wed Jul 30 18:07:00 GMT 2003

Anthony -
Could you supply any details? Platform? GC_dump() output? GC log output with GC_PRINT_STATS environment variable defined? A profile? (I can point you at a relatively painless way to get one under Linux/X86, if you like.)
Thanks.
Hans
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Jones [mailto:ajones@clear.net.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:42 PM
> To: Anthony Green; Erik Poupaert; ajones@clear.net.nz; 
> java@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: 100x? (Was: http://gcc.gnu.org/java/done.html)
>>> >On Sun, 2003年07月27日 at 02:51, Erik Poupaert wrote:
> >> http://irate.sourceforge.net/index.html
> >> 
> >> 22 July 2003 - Problems with the server have been sorted. 
> The server has
> been running
> >> as a gcj compiled binary. I've switched to Sun's Java VM 
> and it's running
> about 100
> >> times faster. I suspect that the problem is garbage collection.
> >
> >This looks like a cool app. A quick look at their Makefile 
> shows that
> >they're building the server with no optimization. But 100 
> times seems
> >excessive! Perhaps Anthony Jones can give us a little more data...
>> Anthony,
>> I think the problem is garbage collection (memory size). I 
> didn't mean to suggest
> that there was anything wrong with gcj compiler. I'm very 
> impressed with it.
> I just changed back to the Sun VM because it was easier than 
> sorting out the
> actual problem, which I expect is a matter of configuration.
>> 100 is an exaggeration. It was taking 9 minutes to start up 
> the server and now
> it takes 20 seconds or so.
>> Anthony
>