Comment on Garbage Collection in Ruby 2.1parentComments−riffraff12yI have no idea of the size in other language implementations, but notice 40 bytes is on x86-64, on 32 bit it's either 20 or 24.−joevandyk12ythis is why running large ruby apps on 64 bit OSs can take up a lot more memory than 32 bit.−riffraff12yisn't that true of most platforms? I know the JVM has compressed OOPS to limit this issue, but I am not aware of similar things elsewhere.
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I have no idea of the size in other language implementations, but notice 40 bytes is on x86-64, on 32 bit it's either 20 or 24.
this is why running large ruby apps on 64 bit OSs can take up a lot more memory than 32 bit.
isn't that true of most platforms? I know the JVM has compressed OOPS to limit this issue, but I am not aware of similar things elsewhere.