[#321574] Regular Expressions — Mmcolli00 Mom <mmc_collins@...>

Hi everyone.

15 messages 2008/12/01

[#321655] Ruby cgi script — ZippySwish <fischer.jan@...>

I put "script.rb" into the cgi-bin folder of my webhost, but nothing's

12 messages 2008/12/02

[#321733] FFI 0.2.0 — "Wayne Meissner" <wmeissner@...>

Greetings Rubyists.

20 messages 2008/12/03

[#321920] Force a program to stop if runtime exceeds given duration — Aldric Giacomoni <"aldric[remove]"@...>

Any idea how to do that?

25 messages 2008/12/04
[#321924] Re: Force a program to stop if runtime exceeds given duration — "Glen Holcomb" <damnbigman@...> 2008/12/04

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Aldric Giacomoni <"aldric[remove]"@

[#322011] Re: Force a program to stop if runtime exceeds given duration — Ron Fox <fox@...> 2008/12/05

See http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Process.html#M003012

[#322016] Re: Force a program to stop if runtime exceeds given duration — Aldric Giacomoni <"aldric[remove]"@...> 2008/12/05

Everybody automatically assumes that rubyists are using Linux - sadly,

[#321969] Are there any Ruby Technical Writers here? — Vito Fontaine <vito.matro@...>

I am a beginner with Ruby who was interested in writing some programs.

15 messages 2008/12/04
[#321975] Re: Are there any Ruby Technical Writers here? — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2008/12/04

On 04.12.2008 22:43, Vito Fontaine wrote:

[#321984] Re: Are there any Ruby Technical Writers here? — Vito Fontaine <vito.matro@...> 2008/12/05

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#322014] Proximity searches in Ruby — Stuart Clarke <stuart.clarke1986@...>

Does Ruby have the ability to perform proximity searches on data. For

14 messages 2008/12/05
[#322056] Re: Proximity searches in Ruby — Ilan Berci <coder68@...> 2008/12/05

No proximity searches with 1.8.. you would need a full fledged text

[#322073] shoes 2 (raisins) is go. — _why <why@...>

Salutations and hi.

13 messages 2008/12/06

[#322260] Help on algorythm — Helder Oliveira <hrpoliveira@...>

Guys i have been trying to make this algorythm but with no sucess, can

13 messages 2008/12/09
[#322261] Re: Help on algorythm — "Glen Holcomb" <damnbigman@...> 2008/12/09

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Helder Oliveira <hrpoliveira@gmail.com>wrote:

[#322283] Completely new programmer lacks direction — Cameron Carroll <ubernoobs@...>

Hi. I recently picked up a beginning ruby book, having only lightly

17 messages 2008/12/09

[#322285] compare 2 text files - check for difference - Please help — Mmcolli00 Mom <mmc_collins@...>

Hi. I want to take two files that are supposed to be identical, then ook

12 messages 2008/12/09
[#322301] Re: compare 2 text files - check for difference - Please help — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2008/12/09

Mmcolli00 Mom wrote:

[#322306] Re: compare 2 text files - check for difference - Please help — Mmcolli00 Mom <mmc_collins@...> 2008/12/09

require 'diff/lcs/Array'

[#322417] why Hash corrupts 'key' object ? — Dmitry Perfilyev <dmitry1976@...>

Hi, I have next script:

13 messages 2008/12/10

[#322464] Q: FFI and C++? — Jeremy Henty <onepoint@...>

If I want to wrap a C++ library using FFI, can it cope with the name

14 messages 2008/12/11

[#322516] Invoking Ruby code from a low-level language? — Alex Fulton <a.fulton@...>

Hi, my sincerest apologies if this question has already been answered

11 messages 2008/12/11

[#322529] parallel method return value — Louis-Philippe <default@...>

Hi all,

17 messages 2008/12/12

[#322566] How to run background processes (more than 1 worker) parallely. — "Deepak Gole" <deepak.gole8@...>

Hi

10 messages 2008/12/12

[#322624] singleton methods vs. meta instance methods — Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com>

If I understand the ruby object model correctly, then an object's

15 messages 2008/12/13

[#322705] ruby 1.9.1: Encoding trouble: broken US-ASCII String — Tom Link <micathom@...>

Hi,

22 messages 2008/12/14

[#322710] Help with an "easy" regular expression substitution — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>

Hi, I'm getting crazy to get a theorically easy substitution:

16 messages 2008/12/14

[#322819] Pure Ruby Zlib::GzipWriter — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>

Hi,

53 messages 2008/12/15
[#324442] Re: Pure Ruby Zlib::GzipWriter — Luis Lavena <luislavena@...> 2009/01/10

On Jan 9, 9:26m, "Charles L." <aquas...@gmail.com> wrote:

[#323877] Re: Pure Ruby Zlib::GzipWriter — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...> 2009/01/03

[#323903] Re: Pure Ruby Zlib::GzipWriter — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2009/01/04

[#324011] Re: Pure Ruby Zlib::GzipWriter — Daniel Berger <djberg96@...> 2009/01/05

[#322987] Using ruby hash on array — Stuart Clarke <stuart.clarke1986@...>

I would like to process some data from an array and using hash to

14 messages 2008/12/17

[#323085] Ruby and Rails supported on 10gen — "Jim Menard" <jim.menard@...>

http://www.10gen.com/blog/2008/12/ruby-support-on-10gen

11 messages 2008/12/18

[#323166] Dreaming of a Ruby Christmas (#187) — Matthew Moss <matt@...>

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11 messages 2008/12/19

[#323204] get first and last line from txt file - how? — Mmcolli00 Mom <mmc_collins@...>

I have txt file with date/time stamps only. I want to grab the first

19 messages 2008/12/20
[#323205] Re: get first and last line from txt file - how? — Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...> 2008/12/20

Mmcolli00 Mom wrote:

[#323207] Re: get first and last line from txt file - how? — "Yaser Sulaiman" <yaserbuntu@...> 2008/12/20

I'm just wondering..

[#323273] how to make installing Ruby easier for amateurs — Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>

Greetings!

21 messages 2008/12/22

[#323312] Name that data structure! — Simon Chiang <simon.a.chiang@...>

I'm using a data structure that I'm sure has been implemented and

18 messages 2008/12/22
[#323314] Re: Name that data structure! — "Gregory Brown" <gregory.t.brown@...> 2008/12/22

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Simon Chiang <simon.a.chiang@gmail.com> wrote:

[#323342] Are all Ruby built-in objects thread safe? — "Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality" <ihatespam@...>

Are all built-in objects thread safe? For example, if I have an array

23 messages 2008/12/23
[#323346] Re: Are all Ruby built-in objects thread safe? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2008/12/23

Hi,

[#323519] What does 'Monkey Patching' exactly Mean in Ruby? — "Yaser Sulaiman" <yaserbuntu@...>

According to Wikipedia, a monkey patch[1] is:

36 messages 2008/12/27
[#323813] Re: What does 'Monkey Patching' exactly Mean in Ruby? — Jg W Mittag <JoergWMittag+Usenet@...> 2009/01/02

Phlip wrote:

[#323832] Re: What does 'Monkey Patching' exactly Mean in Ruby? — "David A. Black" <dblack@...> 2009/01/02

Hi --

[#323644] Why Ruby? — Mike Stephens <rubfor@...>

I have never seen or heard of Ruby in a corporate context. The single

35 messages 2008/12/30

[#323668] Ruby 1.9.1 RC1 is released — "Yugui (Yuki Sonoda)" <yugui@...>

Hi, folks

21 messages 2008/12/30

Re: Memory usage with blocks

From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-12-02 12:21:30 UTC
List: ruby-talk #321660
John Ky wrote:
> When I replace the following code:
>
> head.play_back do |root|
> lock.call(root)
> end
>
> With this:
>
> head.play_back(&block)
>
> And make other similar changes. he program behaves exactly the same way,
> but now uses 200MB less.

Consider the following:

def x(&block)
  block
end

def a(&block)
  tmp = create_a_two_hundred_mega_byte_object()
  x {block.call} # Create a new block which closes over the current scope
end

def b(&block)
  tmp = create_a_two_hundred_mega_byte_object()
  x(&block) # Reuse the block that has been passed to this method.
            # Do not create a new block
end

If I call b {puts "hello"}, the following will happen:
The block {puts "hello"} is created. This block holds a reference to any local 
variable that has been defined in the scope in which I call method b.
Now method b is called with that block as an argument.
Then a 200mb object is created and stored in tmp.
Now x is called. x returns a Proc representing the block passed to b.
The method b ends, tmp goes out of scope and the 200mb object is garbage 
collected.

If I call a {puts "hello"}, this happens:
The block {puts "hello"} is created. This block holds a reference to any local 
variable that has been defined in the scope in which I call method a.
Now method a is called with that block as an argument.
Then a 200mb object is created and stored in tmp.
Now another block is created, which invokes the block passed to a.
This new block holds a reference to any local variable tmp defined in the 
method body of a. Specifically it holds a reference to tmp.
Now x is called. x returns a Proc representing this new block.
The method a ends, but the 200mb is still referenced by the Proc that's 
returned from a. So as long as reference to that Proc is stored, the 200mb 
object will not be garbage collected.

I don't know whether that's what happens in your code, but it's certainly 
worth looking into.

HTH,
Sebastian
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