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		throw10920 on May 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parallel garbage collection for SBCL (2023) > The parallel garbage collector is now part of SBCL, but not yet the default. Why is it not yet the default? Higher latency, not yet tested enough, or something else?

hayley-patton on May 12, 2024 [–]

It's not always faster, so making it the default could cause regressions; it seems pretty stable now but the default (gencgc) had a head-start of a few decades for bug finding (and making).

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