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		moneypenny on Feb 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ruby - Handling 1 Million Concurrent Connections dumb question I thought the GC tunings, e.g. RUBY_HEAP_MIN_SLOTS, were only available in REE, rather than MRI?

slivuz on Feb 20, 2013 [–]

starting with 1.9.3 they are also available on MRI, though not sure about 2.0.0 as there GC are highly refactored/optimized.

> Starting with Ruby 1.9.3, the GC in mainstream ruby can also be tuned

http://www.web-l.nl/posts/15-tuning-ruby-s-garbage-collector...

ksec on Feb 20, 2013 | | [–]

Would love to see the updated test once Ruby 2.0 is out in a few days time.

moneypenny on Feb 20, 2013 | | [–]

Brilliant - thanks, hadn't found that info.

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