From: Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli@...>
Date: 2008-05-15T04:43:18+09:00
Subject: eruby stuff with big arrays balloons apache memory use, and usage never gets let go...

Say, I've got an analysis application using eruby on an internal site, 
and it doesn't need to be perfect, but it is using a lot of memory, and 
then it never lets it go.  It's got some multi-dimensional arrays of 
gobs of related classes, and I want to do it this way because all the 
relationships are clear.  It should just run, and then the memory should 
get let go when I leave the routine:

def x
gro = Grove.new
markup = gro.domymainbit
return markup
end

but the memory eaten up in gro object never gets released apparently. 
Can someone suggest a method to make sure gro, or apache lets all this 
memory loose?