From: Dave Bass <davebass@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T01:24:53+09:00
Subject: Re: gc doesn't collect?

The thing with garbage collection (in most languages, I don't know about 
Ruby specifically) is that it happens when the intepreter/compiler feels 
like doing it, not when you tell it to do it. When it "feels like doing 
it" could depend on a lot of factors. (I imagine it as being a low 
priority child process.)

As far as I know there's no way to force garbage collection to happen, 
although on the face of it this would seem to be a useful facility.
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