From: Robert Klemme Date: 2007-11-12T01:05:04+09:00 Subject: Re: enterprise ruby On 10.11.2007 23:32, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > As a previous email suggested, there are a couple of use cases for a > garbage collector, only one of them being long-running server > applications. That's why I say, rather use an existing and highly optimized GC that exists today (meaning the JVM's GC) than invest loads of development and research time to recreate something similar. I guess several tens or hundreds of man years have gone into the JVM's GC - that's difficult to top. Kind regards robert