From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2009-05-01T00:57:43+09:00
Subject: Re: object scope and cleanup

7stud -- wrote:
> In a language like C++,
>
> out_of_scope == destruction

Well if a variable containing an object goes out of scope, the object is 
destroyed, yes. But if all variables containing a pointer to an object (the 
only kind there is in ruby) go out of scope and you did not previously call 
free or destroy, the object will simply remain in memory forever.