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AI-generatedDoes RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT affect the frequency of Major GC cycles?
Ruby's generational garbage collector uses specific thresholds to determine when to trigger a Minor GC versus a full Major GC. While RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT is used to tune the threshold for memory allocations that trigger a GC run, the relationship between this limit and the promotion of objects to the old generation is not immediately clear. In a high-allocat
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