From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-02-15T05:15:56+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby wish-list


> You can't determine from the size of a process whether the GC is
> working or not since memory (even when freed by the GC) is never
> returned to the OS.  So with a magic 100% perfect GC, the memory
> footprint of your process will always reflect its peak memory usage.

that being the case then my wish would be clarified as a GC that was 
fast and freed memory when no longer needed (appropriately and 
bug-free).
Cheers!
-Roger
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