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by throw10920 760 days ago
> 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?
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hayley-patton 760 days ago
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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