Emacs Garbage Collection Performance Analysis

Explore the impact of garbage collection on Emacs performance in this 33-minute conference talk from EmacsConf 2023. Delve into Ihor Radchenko's analysis of emacs-gc-stats as he investigates the common belief that garbage collection significantly slows down Emacs. Learn about the methodology, findings, and implications of this research, which aims to provide a clearer understanding of Emacs' memory management and its effects on overall system performance. Gain insights that may help optimize your Emacs configuration and usage. Access this talk and related resources using free/libre software at the provided link, with the content available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.