John Joyce wrote: > On Sep 24, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > >> VmStk: 120 kB >> Proc 146 >> > Why wouldn't it be? > > Maybe you already are, but if you're not, you need to manage the flow > of data in (and out) of the program. Yeah I think the problem is that I have the file incoming (a string), write it to disk, then read it from disk again. So lots of random strings kicking around. Maybe GC.start will help me :) Thank you! -Roger -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.