Ruby's bin men: a closer look at the garbage collector

Elise_Huard-Ruby-s-bin-men/README.md

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+# Ruby's bin men
+The Garbage Collector: how does it work?
+What does it mean when people speak about stop-the-world, mark-and-sweep, generational garbage collectors?
+How does ruby fare at collecting its own garbage?
+What does it mean when they say 1.9.3's garbage collector has improved?
+This talk will explain those concepts, what the impact of garbage collection is on our programs, and what future could be.
+
+## Elise Huard
+
+Elise has been developing software for 12 years, in a variety of languages and situations.  She's got a disproportionate sense of curiosity and likes to know how things work.
+Besides technology and edgy stuff she likes cooking, traveling, improv, reading, and people out of the ordinary.
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+![Profile picture](https://github.com/euruko2012/call-for-proposals/raw/master/Elise_Huard-Ruby-s-bin-men/profile_picture.jpg)
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+- [My website](http://www.jabberwocky.eu)
+- [My twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/elise_huard)
+- [Ruby goes to hollywood](http://speakerdeck.com/u/elise_huard/p/ruby-goes-to-hollywood)
+- [Concurrency](http://www.slideshare.net/ehuard/concurrency-5514785)
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