[opensource-dev] Script Memory Management Algorithm

Argent Stonecutter secret.argent at gmail.com
Sun Mar 7 07:36:35 PST 2010


On 2010-03-07, at 07:50, Carlo Wood wrote:
> Lets assume that the *average* script uses
> 8 to 16 kB of real memory. LL's design allocates
> 64 kB regardless, leading to an overhead of
> 400 to 800% (meaning they need to buy 5 to
> 9 times the memory that is theoretically needed).

This is not the case. Scripts use memory in smaller units than that.  
What I interpret the Lindens as saying is that they can not  
efficiently *measure* the amount of memory a script is using in real  
time with the kind of granularity required to make this useful.


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