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Add a note about GHC 8.8.x GC issue
3924686Harendra Kumar
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39# Compiler Versions
39# Compiler Versions
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41+GHC 8.8.x seems to have a GC issue which causes space leak in concurrent
42+streams especially when used with `-N` RTS option. The root cause of
43+this has not yet been established. The leak is not seen with earlier
44+versions of GHC.
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41GHC 8.2.2 may hog memory and hang when building certain application using
46GHC 8.2.2 may hog memory and hang when building certain application using
42streamly (particularly the benchmark programs in the streamly package).
47streamly (particularly the benchmark programs in the streamly package).
43Therefore we recommend avoiding using the GHC version 8.2.x.
48Therefore we recommend avoiding using the GHC version 8.2.x.