I remember having seen a presentation about objects being stored on the heap vs. stack with some interesting insights. But unfortunately I don’t find it any more. Several Julia examples have been presented, using a struct called Box which was forced to be stored on the heap or on the stack. I think…

Oh yes, that’s it :+1: … thank you very much :pray:. It’s a really good talk and yesterday I’ve turned YouTube upside down but didn’t find it.

I’m not Stefan, but I think you might be thinking of this talk I gave last year in Einhoven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1nG0_Nwzhs

Was that not the talk by Steve Johnson at MIT? The main takeaway is “Use the heap and your dead!” [23. High Performance in Dynamic Languages]

It isn’t he presentation I’ve been looking for, but also a really interesting lecture with good examples. Thanks for the hint!

[image] R.T.A.M: The main takeaway is “Use the heap and your dead!” That statement is too strong. It depends on the granularity and size of the data that is stored on the heap. In fact some data will not even fit in the stack at all. I think the intent of a statement like the one in the quot…

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roland-KA July 26, 2024, 11:51am 4

Oh yes, that’s it … thank you very much . It’s a really good talk and yesterday I’ve turned YouTube upside down but didn’t find it.

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