From: tekwiz <twarlick@...>
Date: 2007-12-27T05:07:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Destroying an Object

On Dec 26, 11:18 am, Tim Hunter <TimHun...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Ken A. wrote:
> > Tim Hunter wrote:
> >> Ken Awamura wrote:
> > Does ruby's garbage collector really work, or it's as lame as .NET
> > garbage collector?
>
> It really works.

That's not entirely correct.  The newest .NET GC uses an algorithm
that is actually more efficient than the inefficient Mark and Sweep GC
algorithm that Ruby uses.  However, Ruby's GC is much less buggy
than .NET's in my experience.

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     Travis