IdP Heap Management

Jim Fox fox at washington.edu
Fri Sep 9 12:28:55 EDT 2016


>
> Can you explain why you say "There's little point in starting out with
> heap space less than the maximum."? Starting out with the largest
> possible heap means more space to scan during GC, even when it is not
> fully used.
>

I didn't test various minimums. For me it's one less variable to be 
concerned with.  The memory is there.  Why not use it?  I don't think 
scanning completely empty heap space costs a lot.

Jim


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