From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2007-08-07T02:34:25+09:00
Subject: Re: How to reclaim memory without GC.start [Using up massive amounts of RAM]

On 8/6/07, Ari Brown <ari@aribrown.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 6, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Todd Benson wrote:
>
> > On 8/5/07, Ari Brown <ari@aribrown.com> wrote:
> >> Finally! I've been waiting for someone to resurrect this thread.
> >>
> >> Ok. I've decided that if a program consumes ALL of a computer's
> >> available memory (free, inactive), then GC.start is run, it will be
> >> able to free all that RAM.
> >>
> >> I have done several scientific tests with this on World of Warcraft
> >> (heh. work on WoW) and image rendering.
> >>
> >> So what's the best way to consume all of a computer's RAM? I've been
> >> toying with the idea of massive variable generation, but i think that
> >> might be a bit difficult.
> >>
> >> So what do you all think?
> >
> > Why oh why are you asking for this, Ari?
>
> This can be of great use for computers with low memory - You run this
> script, it uses up all available memory, and then it exits. Guess
> what happens then? GC clears out all of the RAM the ruby script was
> using. And since it was using up all available RAM, other programs
> can then run better and faster.

OK.  I might be using up my credibility here, but ...

/memory/intelligence/

>
> You see? Its not malicious!

That's not  my intention either.  The only thing that comes to mind is
"shooting themselves in the foot"?

Point being: yes, it is useful to be destructive in order to be
productive.  But, do you really have to?

Todd