[Mono-dev] Make use of --desktop and --server VM modes [was Re: ToString() performace in Mono revisited]

[Mirco Bauer]

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On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 12:53 -0500, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> Another option would be to expose the setting to class libraries, so the
> class libraries could pick between two implementation.

thats exactly was I was trying to point out :-P sorry for my bad
explainations.

> 
> But I feel uneasy about adding this sort of feature, because it would
> basically create another column in matrix testing (we would then have to
> test everything against both configurations).

True, and it's difficult to test the performance of both modes as other
things like JIT opts or other classes of the BCL influence the results.

> 
> Am not sure that this extra source of potential errors is worth it at
> this point.

In this case I don't think either, now that I learned it's actually just
10% more CPU usage, which is acceptable compared to the memory savings
of 10x.

But sooner or later it might become useful to have 2 implementations. I
just wanted to point out that the possibility exists to target both
cases, CPU friendly or memory friendly using the VM mode switchs.

-- 
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Mirco 'meebey' Bauer

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