Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> 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...)

  But as commented in other posts, the program may well be doing things
from time to time, such as updating animations or whatever.

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                                                          - Warp

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