From: bigbinc
Subject: turn gc messages cmucl
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 02:49:42 +0000
Message-ID: <d1b33313.0211131849.35d508dc@posting.google.com>

How do turn off those garbage collection messages in cmucl.  It takes
10 minutes to create an array, because of the output of those things.

Here are the messages.
GC threshold exceeded with 2,000,784 bytes in use.  Commencing GC

i.e 

(setf b (make-array '(500 500)


Berlin Brown
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• Re: turn gc messages cmucl Raymond Toy
• Re: turn gc messages cmucl Adam Warner

From: Raymond Toy
Subject: Re: turn gc messages cmucl
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:52:07 +0000
Message-ID: <4nznscqeko.fsf@edgedsp4.rtp.ericsson.se>

>>>>> "bigbinc" == bigbinc  <·······@hotmail.com> writes:

    bigbinc> How do turn off those garbage collection messages in cmucl.  It takes
    bigbinc> 10 minutes to create an array, because of the output of those things.

    bigbinc> Here are the messages.
    bigbinc> GC threshold exceeded with 2,000,784 bytes in use.  Commencing GC

    bigbinc> i.e 

    bigbinc> (setf b (make-array '(500 500)


Well, you probably want to set *print-array* to NIL so your 500x500
array isn't printed out in full glory.

Ray

From: Adam Warner
Subject: Re: turn gc messages cmucl
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 02:54:12 +0000
Message-ID: <pan.2002.11.14.02.54.10.499221@consulting.net.nz>

Hi bigbinc,

> How do turn off those garbage collection messages in cmucl.  It takes
> 10 minutes to create an array, because of the output of those things.
> 
> Here are the messages.
> GC threshold exceeded with 2,000,784 bytes in use.  Commencing GC
> 
> i.e 
> 
> (setf b (make-array '(500 500)

It's a prominent FAQ question at the CMUCL website:
(setf ext:*gc-verbose* nil)

If it's taking 10 minutes to create an array it might help to compile the
code.

Regards,
Adam