[gclist] Name that hypothesis
Henry G. Baker
hbaker@netcom.com
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 07:42:04 -0800 (PST)
> > See below for clarification:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/YoungGen.html (also .ps.Z)
>
> Reading this (the .ps), I was confused by this:
>
> "the more marking we perform per cell allocated, the lower the
> fraction of execution time will be spent marking, but the larger the
> total amount of space will be required to support N live cells."
>
> Surely this should be "the less marking we perform per ..."? Otherwise
> it seems to have the reverse meaning to the preceding phrase.
> Nick B
Nick:
Yes, I reread that section (it's the same in both the .html and the
.ps), and I think you are right. I'll double check it again, and fix
it if necessary.
Thanks for the errata!
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Henry Baker
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