From: Charles Mills <cmills@...>
Date: 2005-01-09T07:26:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Garbage collector


Eust�quio Rangel de Oliveira Jr. wrote:
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> Hi!
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> Hey, how often the garbage collector runs?
> When all the memory becomes full?
> Or there is a pre-defined interval?
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It basically runs when a certain amount of memory is used - see
malloc_increase and malloc_limit in gc.c.  Also, if malloc() fails or
attempts to open a file fail do to memory limitations the gc will be
run.


> And, do you have some links about the the Ruby mark-and-sweep type of
> garbage?
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http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?GCAndMemoryManagement
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?GCAndExtensions

-Charlie