←back to thread

Why HN was slow and how Rtm fixed it

(ycombinator.com)
257 points pg | 1 comments | 19 Jan 11 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.293s | source
Show context
axod ◴[19 Jan 11 20:31 UTC] No.2121163[source]▶
1 thread per connection??? Not doing continual GC in a separate thread and instead taking 7 seconds and blocking everything?

What is this the 1990s?

replies(2): >>2121271 #>>2121982 #
pg ◴[19 Jan 11 21:04 UTC] No.2121271[source]▶
Feel free to fork MzScheme and replace the garbage collector with a new one that runs continuously.
replies(4): >>2121343 #>>2121445 #>>2121466 #>>2121889 #
1. jhrobert ◴[19 Jan 11 21:28 UTC] No.2121343[source]▶
There is no such thing as a free lunch