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Code Red => AutoLISP (Vanilla / Visual) => Topic started by: Peter2 on November 11, 2020, 11:40:21 AM

Title: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: Peter2 on November 11, 2020, 11:40:21 AM

just out of curiosity:
Is the usage of (GC) - garbage clean still necessary today - with tons of GB RAM?
Who uses it? When?

Title: Re: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: huiz on November 11, 2020, 11:42:41 AM

In Lisp?

Title: Re: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: jvillarreal on November 11, 2020, 12:00:12 PM

I typically apply it after working with excel spreadsheets in lisp.

Title: Re: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: Peter2 on November 11, 2020, 12:02:51 PM

Quote from: huiz on November 11, 2020, 11:42:41 AM

In Lisp?

Yep:
http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2018/DEU/?guid=GUID-6CABB3AF-9BED-4237-8A44-D36123246BF4
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Title: Re: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: ronjonp on November 11, 2020, 12:04:45 PM

MP uses it in his _Eval sub here: http://www.theswamp.org/lilly_pond/mp/lisp/benchmark.txt?nossi=1

Title: Re: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: Peter2 on November 13, 2020, 04:02:16 AM

Thanks.

As far as I see the function it does not belong to the "Top 10" .. ;-)

Title: Re: GC garbage clean - who uses it?
Post by: Peter2 on November 18, 2020, 12:42:51 PM

Because I'm playing around with monster-lists (up to 4 mill entries) I watched the RAM usage of AutoCAD 2018 (Bricscad 20 freezes earlier).
So maybe GC should be considered anyhow (in this case)?

Values of RAM usage shown: 2 GB / 1.3 GB / 0.7 GB