All basic Methods in Array (especially #new) are implemented in C, so
I don't think you will gain a lot. Implementing the whole algorithm in
C might be worthwhile, because you would bypass using a Ruby object for
every slot, but the Array is not the issue here.
As others have shown, it works reasonably quick.
Regards,
Florian
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On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Jonathan Schmidt-Dominé - Developer wrote:
What's about using C or C++ to allocate and deallocate the array? I do not
think Ruby was made to create such Arrays.
Jonathan,
What's about using C or C++ to allocate and deallocate the array? I do not
think Ruby was made to create such Arrays.
Yes, I am beginning to come to such a conclusion. Now I have to
figure out how to interface the two. The Ruby book is good ... but a
Windows-based example of adding two numbers together and returning the
result would be even better. 
Hi!
I thaught about allocation and deallocation from C. And I think there you have
more control over GC and the heap.
The User
Why are you so insisting on a database? In contrast to your opinion,
there are valid cases where an in-memory array is just what you want.
Varnish for example is an interesting example that uses data structures
in that magnitude.
Regards,
Florian Gilcher
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On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
Jonathan Schmidt-Dominé - Developer wrote:
What's about using C or C++ to allocate and deallocate the array?
Unnecessary. Just use a database.
Florian Gilcher wrote:
Jonathan Schmidt-Domin� - Developer wrote:
What's about using C or C++ to allocate and deallocate the array?
Unnecessary. Just use a database.
Why are you so insisting on a database?
Because almost any array that large is better dealt with through a DB
interface.
In contrast to your opinion,
there are valid cases where an in-memory array is just what you want.
How about an in-memory DB? SQLite can function that way.
Varnish for example is an interesting example that uses data structures
in that magnitude.
Varnish is a caching package, not what most people will want to
implement. Besides, if the OP were implementing something like Varnish,
I suspect he'd be knowledgeable enough that he wouldn't have asked the
question in the first place.
Best,
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On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
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