But the garbage collector only pauses for 100 microseconds... until the next mem...

musicale on Nov 16, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Value in Go’s Simplicity

But the garbage collector only pauses for 100 microseconds... until the next memory operation, when it pauses again. ;-/

More seriously, as of last year at least mark phase pauses could be significant, on the order of seconds for large heaps.