Re: [boost] [block_ptr] Request for a review manager

Subject: Re: [boost] [block_ptr] Request for a review manager
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-09 12:46:40

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of charleyb123 .
> Sent: 09 February 2016 14:54
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] [block_ptr] Request for a review manager
> 
> >
> > > I can tell everyone right now: a garbage collector has no place in the
> > > commercial industry as most of you might know.  If there is no memory
> > > leak then there's going to be high CPU usage running in the background
> > > and the side effect will be a lagging user interface.
> >
> > And perhaps more important, a sagging battery?
> >
> > Is battery life not the more important reason to avoid garbage collection
> > for portables?
> >
> 
> And, electricity costs "at-scale".  ;-)
> 
> And, most especially data center cooling costs.  ;-)
> 
> And, the opportunity costs of lower processing throughput for increasingly
> large data sets.  ;-)
> 
> And, the less scalability for concurrent and parallel systems.  ;-)
> 
> And, the shortened component lifespan due to increased loads.  ;-)
> 
> And, the poor engineering design incentives they encourage.  ;-)
> 
> And, the confusion/sloppiness and non-determinism present in the resulting
> systems.  ;-)
> 
> And, ... <snip, karmic discussions>  ;-)

I think that you are preaching to the converted? ;-)

Paul