From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2010-01-15T04:47:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:27591] Re: compressed pointers?

> I was hoping that the internal pointers of the largest elements could
> be compressed, thus allowing the overall size to decrease. �Not sure
> if it's possible.

I suppose if one wanted to use compressed pointers they could use
JRUBY under a JVM with compressed pointers, so maybe it's not a high
priority for MRI right now.
-r