> 1. Shared memory and locks should be  much faster
> for synchronization than  marshalling between processes.

as long as i don't have to use ugly locks in my code, that will be ok.
But I think that the Erlang approach is simpler and more elegant than
the use of locks - critical regions. Also, as already mentioned, it
offers an easy transition from multicore to distributed computing,
where shared memory isn't available.


2007/5/30, Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 09:13:00 Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > How much does a concurrent GC actually buy in comparison to
> > multiple processes each with their own GC and a robust way
> > of passing data between processes?
>

>
> 2. Forking results in multiple GCs redundantly traversing the same heap and,
> worst case, it may end up copying the entire heap in the child process in
> order to deallocate it.
>
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> Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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