That's definitely more like it. 256k is a reasonable chunk. Although at $20 and 144LQFP, it's a pricey and kind of chunky part. It exists though which is nic

That's definitely more like it. 256k is a reasonable chunk. Although at $20 and 144LQFP, it's a pricey and kind of chunky part. It exists though which is nice. How does mRuby do GC; does it ref count? I don't think lisps could really afford to be ref counted, unless you pool the cons cells into groups that are ref counted. My implementation was a dual semispace collector which didn't help matters wrt space.