Although that's harsh, it really is an awful GC that deserves to be taken out back and shot in the head. Repeatedly.
Of all the things in Ruby that would be the least controversial to fix, it would be the Garbage Collector. Sadly, on a list of the things in Ruby that are sexy or easy fix, the Garbage Collector is dead last.
I really hope Ruby 2 focuses more on performance. Usually it's acceptable, but sometimes it's inexplicably bad.
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Although that's harsh, it really is an awful GC that deserves to be taken out back and shot in the head. Repeatedly.
Of all the things in Ruby that would be the least controversial to fix, it would be the Garbage Collector. Sadly, on a list of the things in Ruby that are sexy or easy fix, the Garbage Collector is dead last.
I really hope Ruby 2 focuses more on performance. Usually it's acceptable, but sometimes it's inexplicably bad.