[Mono-bugs] [Bug 71001][Nor] Changed - xsp.exe virtual size grows without bound -- large messages

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Changed by miguel@ximian.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=71001

--- shadow/71001	2005-01-31 13:45:28.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/71001.tmp.2654	2005-01-31 14:34:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Bug#: 71001
 Product: Mono: Runtime
 Version: unspecified
 OS: SLES 9
 OS Details: AMD-64
-Status: REOPENED   
-Resolution: 
+Status: RESOLVED   
+Resolution: NOTABUG
 Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Normal
 Component: misc
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: jrodman@ximian-bugzilla.spamportal.net               
 QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@
 decent amount of uptime or scalability.
 
 Nevertheless, we appreciate this issue being investigated and look
 forward to answers to the questions above.
 
 Thanks!
+
+------- Additional Comments From miguel@ximian.com  2005-01-31 14:34 -------
+It is not solvable in the short term.
+
+Our GC engine is conservative non-moving, while the Microsoft one
+is a moving GC which can compact the heap when pieces become unused.
+
+It is our plan to address this issue in the long term, but in the
+short term (Mono 1.2) this will not be solved.
+
+This means that Mono has the same problems than an equivalent C or
+C++ application would (as they do not have compatcing memory 
+management units either), so you must take the same care that you
+would with C or C++ when dealing with heap fragmentation.
+
+Miguel.