Warp wrote:

>   Also, if the mahjong program was created with a GC'd language, the GC
> might completely nullify the benefit of swapping.

Only if the GC actually runs.

If the program isn't "doing anything", it shouldn't need to run the GC 
either. Typically the GC is set to run only when no more objects can be 
allocated. (Altough sometimes they're set to run when idle as well...)

Of course, if the GC doesn't work properly...

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