http://blog.segment7.net/articles/2006/08/30/memory-map en-us 40 The Blog <p>Here&#8217;s a picture of my Ruby process&#8217; heap slots:</p> <p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/drbrain/229482312/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/80/229482312_9516b89d87.jpg?v=0" alt="Memory Map"></a></p> <table> <tr><th><span class="caps">BLACK</span><td>unknown (char*, <span class="caps">VALUE</span> *, struct st_table, etc.) <tr><th><span class="caps">GRAY</span><td>free memory <tr><th><span class="caps">RED</span><td>nodes (code) <tr><th><span class="caps">GREEN</span><td>Ruby objects <tr><th><span class="caps">WHITE</span><td>Miscellaneous interpreter objects </table> <p>If you look really closely in the <a href="http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=229482312&amp;size=o">original</a> you can see a white pixel that is probably a struct <span class="caps">SCOPE</span>.</p> Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:49:31 -0700 urn:uuid:16b24a3b-e949-404a-a237-63860f6da526 drbrain@segment7.net (Eric Hodel) http://blog.segment7.net/articles/2006/08/30/memory-map Hacking Ruby