From: Kalman Noel <invalid@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T20:35:16+09:00
Subject: Re: string size limit?

Rand Waltzman:
> Does Ruby impose a limit on the size of a string?

As it seems, it doesn't:

irb(main):009:0> 'a' * 1_000_000_000; nil
=> nil

# RAM and swap weren't pleased by the above.

irb(main):010:0> GC.start
=> nil

# Now they are able to take a breath again.

Kalman