Optimizing Ruby’s Memory Layout: Variable Width Allocation

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Stripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng at 25 Dec 2022, 05:01 UTC

Shopify is improving CRuby’s performance in Ruby 3.2 by optimizing the memory layout in the garbage collector through the Variable Width Allocation project.

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• T1Optimizing Ruby’s Memory Layout: Variable Width AllocationStripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng25 Dec 2022, 05:01