From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T12:50:01+09:00
Subject: Re: gc doesn't collect?

On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 01:24 +0900, Dave Bass wrote:
> 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.
gc.start ... right?
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