Note that the regex-dna solution for Haskell tweaks its GC parameters via
the -H command-line parameter:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/program.php?test=regexdna&lang=ghc&id
=2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: caml-list-bounces@yquem.inria.fr [mailto:caml-list-
> bounces@yquem.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Christophe TROESTLER
> Sent: 23 November 2010 10:38
> To: igouy2@yahoo.com
> Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Is OCaml fast?
> 
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:03:48 +0000, Isaac Gouy wrote:
> >
> > > C version : 12.11 secs
> > > OCaml version : 47.22 secs
> > > OCaml version with GC parameters tuned ("interesting alternative"
> >  section) : 12.67 secs
> >
> > And of course you know because that GC tuned OCaml program is shown
> >  on the
> > benchmarks game website ;-)
> > http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/program.php?test=binarytrees&
> > lang=ocaml&id=1
> 
> Since you are here, please explain why C can use memory pools and vec
> tor instructions but tuning the GC of OCaml ¯ although it is part of
> the standard library ¯ is considered an "alternative".
> 
> Best,
> C.
> 
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