[Larceny-users] freezing for garbage collection?

[Matthew Parker]

Hi, I'm running larceny for x86 with the native compiler.

I have used the foreign interface to connect it to a module I have that 
lets you control the artificial intelligence of a Quake 2 client (quake2 
is a 
first person shooter game).  The module runs the game at 40 frames per 
second, which doesn't use much CPU, and for every frame it does a 
call-back into larceny and runs a scheme function that controls the AI.

I did this in chicken scheme and it worked very well, but I decided to 
switch to larceny since chicken is quite slow in comparison.  I've got it 
all working 
except I notice that every so often the game will freeze up for a split 
second, noticably, and then resume its normal speed.  Is this due to the 
garbage collector?  Is there any way to fix this by changing the gc 
settings, or by running things in a thread?

Thank you,
Matt