From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-01-04T01:30:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Memory Leak Madness

On 03.01.2007 17:17, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Robert Klemme wrote:
> 
>> It may actually be doing it.  The memory footprint you see on OS side 
>> need not be directly related to the number of objects currently in 
>> memory.  I am not sure whether Ruby ever gives back memory to the OS 
>> but if not the effect you see might actually be from a situation where 
>> there were needed many objects at once.
>>
> 
> silly robert - don't you know that free always returns memory to the OS!
> 
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_frm/thread/f6dda5896cbba030/adf86eb9e1fda322?lnk=gst&q=zed+shaw++free&rnum=1#adf86eb9e1fda322 
> 
> ;-)

That says it all... :-)

	sillybert