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Episode #156 - March 8, 2011

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Multi-tenants agree: If TextMate got a better sidebar, AJAX were a gem, Twitter rewrote the garbage collector, or one9 made some SESChange, it'd make for one, great episode of Ruby5.

This episode is sponsored by Top Ruby Jobs. Everyone deserves to love their job (and it's probably in Ruby).

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  • Multitenant Gem
  • one9
  • TextMate Sidebar
  • SESChange
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Building a Faster Ruby Garbage Collector Jump to Story

The Twitter development team has created and released a custom garbage collector for Ruby Enterprise Edition. It utilizes a dual-heap structure - with transient and long-term heaps - to help reduce CPU load during the routine garbage collection process and increase overall request throughput.

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