Re: [ANN] Lua 5.4.0 (alpha-rc1) now available

[nobody <nobody+lua-list@...>]

On 01/06/2019 03.31, Soni "They/Them" L. wrote:
> > local num_iterations = 1e8
> > local table_width = 1e8
> is this measuring GC performance or RNG performance?

Neither.

With these settings, roughly 75% of the slots get at most 1 assignment,
or only about 25% of the tables will become garbage. >98% of the slots
are assigned to less than 4 times – GC is bored.  And the RNG just gets 
lost in the noise of 1e8 table creations and all that entails…

-- nobody