How to delay garbage collection?

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From: Jonathan Eunice
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 23:47

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GNU Emacs garbage collects with annoying frequency.  How can I get it
to do this less?  Can I tell it to ask for more memory from the OS, or
to lower the "time to GC" low-water-mark?

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