From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2009-02-11T09:54:32+09:00
Subject: Re: GC and Threads

On Feb 10, 2009, at 6:25 PM, David Masover wrote:

> James Gray wrote:
>> * Ruby can GC a Thread that has run to completion if you no longer  
>> have any references to it, even if the value() have never been  
>> collected
>
> Not sure.

It seems this is at least somewhat true.  See the script I posted  
earlier in this thread for an example.  I would love to know why it  
can't totally clear them in that example though.

>> * Ruby cannot GC a running Thread, even if there are no references  
>> to it
>
> Unfortunately, this part is true, as Ruby has not solved the Halting  
> Problem.

Well, it happens to help me in this case, so I'll call it a bonus.  :)

James Edward Gray II