From: Alexey Verkhovsky <alex@...>
Date: 2004-07-23T04:52:21+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new("file.ext", "w").write data

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 22:37, Erik Veenstra wrote:
>  File.new("file.ext", "w").write data

Garbage collector will undoubtedly close it, but it is a very unhealthy
habit to rely on garbage collector to close your OS resources for you. 

Garbage objects can remain uncollected for hours.

In brief, it is one of those things that you can get away with for a
while, and then you get an expensive lesson in defensive coding.

Best regards,
Alexey Verkhovsky