On: Some thoughts on Go and Erlang

[stcredzero]

I'm writing a multiplayer game in Go. The reason I chose it is that it allows me to control memory layout at a low level. This can be very important for achieving multicore parallelism. (Also known as optimizing for fewer cache misses.)

[jeffdavis → stcredzero]

That's a good point. There aren't a lot of GC languages that let you control structure layout. Not a problem I face, but interesting.

[stcredzero → jeffdavis]

Not a problem I face, but interesting.

Only a problem you face if you are trying to keep multiple cores busy with low latency.

[jeffdavis → stcredzero]

I think I'm missing your point. Why do you need a GC language for that?

[stcredzero → jeffdavis]

I was more talking about being able to control memory layout.