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Indeed. If there's no worst case time, that eliminates use in hard-real-time, certifiable embedded, e.g. aerospace, medical, etc.

You can't very well tolerate an "atypical" GC pause when you're firing a laser or radiation pulse, doing engine control, or even updating a display in a flight instrument setting.




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