[COFF] Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum)

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Larry,

> > You can't have your missle defense software pause to do garbage
> > collection when you're trying to shoot down an incoming ballistic
> > missile.
>
> That's why I like reference counting.  It doesn't have the long pauses
> that other garbage collection systems have, when the variable goes out
> of scope, you decrement, last guy frees.  Seems pretty simple.

It's better, but the free() might cause a varying amount of work,
say due to coallescing.

Garbage collection these days doesn't have to be long-pause ‘stop the
world’.  Go's GC thread runs concurrently with the others, for example.
https://tip.golang.org/doc/gc-guide

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.