[gclist] What wrong with the GC in xemacs

[Charles Fiterman]

> We all know that the GC in emacs is bad, but what is wrong with it?
> 
> Could it be fixed, as a lot of peoples image of GC is emacs?  The speed
> and size of emacs also puts me of "lisp" based system.  Is the GC the 
> problem, or is it that emacs is based on "lisp".

Maybe it could be connected to a more modern collector. On some
systems that could be the Boehm Colector which is also public
domain. But given the nature of emacs I would prefer a treadmill
collector.