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perching_aix • today at 7:01 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

If you have two apps, both maps...

> The reason behind it is the hardened memory allocator, which seems to create a significant overhead for Osmand. That might be because scrolling a map requires constant loading and discarding of data.

... is this really the right hunch, over e.g. the OpenStreetMaps app lacking in discipline with its heap allocations?


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himata4113 • today at 7:09 PM

Seems unlikely, it's java so this is likely related to loading large amounts of objects and having the GC thrashing.

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