Introducing Riptide: WebKit's Retreating Wavefront Concurrent Garbage Collector

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1/23/2017 11:24:13 AM

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As of r209827, 64-bit ARM and x86 WebKit ports use a new garbage collector called Riptide. Riptide reduces worst-case pause times by allowing the app to run concurrently to the collector. This can make a big difference for responsiveness since garbage collection can easily take 10 ms or more, even on fast hardware.


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