From: George Dupre Date: 2012-05-25T02:34:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Memory-efficient set of Fixnums Hi, Sorry, I should have given more details. While I am doing this is an academic setting, it isn't homework in the traditional sense. This is part of my "personal initiative project", reaching outside of my field of studies (math and physics) but with outside help allowed. It revolves around a Korean 4x4 board game, which I am currently trying to solve through brute force, hence the ridiculous requirements. Each possible position of the board is matched to an integer. An error of zero is imperative, but using 512 MB of RAM isn't an issue at all: I only need to run that calculation once, in a reasonable time. I will also look into this google_hash gem, it should also be useful. Thank you once again for your help. Best regards, George -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.