Comments on: How the Ruby heap is implemented

By: Understanding how Ruby stores objects in memory – the Ruby Heap « The Irish Penguin

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:58:18 +0000

[...] How the Ruby Heap is Implemented Phusion Passenger’s Hong Lai gives a great explanation of the Ruby Heap – the banner [...]

By: jonam

jonam — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:36:46 +0000

This is the first time i am learning about ruby memory management,
It’s good,
I got lot many things.

By: 赖洪礼的 blog » Memory usage comparison: Rails 1.2.6 vs 2.0.2

赖洪礼的 blog » Memory usage comparison: Rails 1.2.6 vs 2.0.2 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:08:55 +0000

[...] is usually the best measurement – but not for Ruby! In the past I’ve explained how Ruby’s heap is implemented. Ruby allocates several heaps, and the heaps contain equally-sized slots in which Ruby objects are [...]

By: Satish Talim

Satish Talim — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:01:38 +0000

A very interesting read. Keep it coming.

By: Sam Figueroa

Sam Figueroa — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:23:00 +0000

I code Ruby on Rails as a side hobby. I never thought the hard internals of the Ruby heap would interest me. Your article got me hooked after the first few paragraphs. A great read. Your effort was not in vain.

By: How Ruby Manages Its Memory

How Ruby Manages Its Memory — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:17:08 +0000

[...] “How the Ruby heap is implemented,” Hongli Lai looks at how Ruby manages its memory and stores your objects. It’s reasonably [...]

By: Saad Savari

Saad Savari — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:36:29 +0000

Great article. keep the good work coming

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:24:31 +0000

Excellent stuff, the graphics were a good call – help propigate to non-C folks.

By: Michael Tsai - Blog - How the Ruby Heap Is Implemented

Michael Tsai - Blog - How the Ruby Heap Is Implemented — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:37:10 +0000

[...] not well documented, so Hongli Lai read the code to figure it [...]

By: Edward Ocampo-Gooding

Edward Ocampo-Gooding — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:17:50 +0000

Solid article. Thanks!