From: Michael Davis <mdavis@...>
Date: 2001-06-09T23:57:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16358] Re: Garbage Collection?

I did consider it.  I am using this project to learn Ruby with the intent 
of creating a btree writing purely in Ruby.  It has been an interesting 
exercise.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Benjamin J. Tilly [SMTP:ben_tilly@operamail.com]
Sent:	Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:44 AM
To:	ruby-talk ML
Subject:	[ruby-talk:16356] RE:  Garbage Collection?

>===== Original Message From Michael Davis <mdavis@sevainc.com> =====
>Does anyone understand garbage collection well enough to provide me some
>pointers on how to make better use of memory, especially when using
>Marshal.dump/load?
>
>Here are some specifics on what I am trying to do:
>
>I am writing a btree in ruby.  [...]

May I suggest using the Ruby interface to Berkeley DB?  They have
an excellent BTree implementation.

Cheers,
Ben