[Help-smalltalk] [bug] awful memory usage with lots of big objects

[Paolo Bonzini]

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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    VM
Category:     bug reports
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  bonzinip
Updated by:   bonzinip
Status:       active

Big objects are allocated directly in oldspace.  The pictures here
explain it all:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4sandbox/fulldata.php?test=pidigits&;...

GST goes from the fastest of the bunch (even faster than LuaJIT despite
being interpreted) to the slowest.